The other element that seems open to criticism is the somewhat apologetic vein that runs through most of the contributions.
He was diffident, and at times almost apologetic, yet he set people thinking and planted seeds of ideas which left an indelible influence.
Lyrics (often inaudible) tend to be introspective, pessimistic, passive, sometimes ironic, or apologetic.
Furthermore, it turned out that for a long time historiography had a strongly apologetic character (instead of aiming to reconstruct past events).
Ironically, the apologetic purpose of these later works may have militated against the inclusion of even more material regarding the miraculous.
Hence, their writings had a strongly apologetic cast, and this over rode their weakly stated arguments that sinning rulers need not be obeyed.
Several were apologetic about it: ' reluctantly yes'; ' yes, afraid so'; ' sadly, yes'.
In reaction, the empiricism of contemporary scholarship reopens the process of his thought and acts as apologetic for our psyches.
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