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Synonyms for higher

being at a height or level above another

being at a rank above another

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advanced in complexity or elaboration

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of education beyond the secondary level

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'If there is knowledge, there must be teachers; and where are the teachers?' There is no knowledge in the higher sense of systematic, connected, reasoned knowledge, such as may one day be attained, and such as Plato himself seems to see in some far off vision of a single science.
Yet, like other philosophers, he is willing to admit that 'probability is the guide of life (Butler's Analogy.);' and he is at the same time desirous of contrasting the wisdom which governs the world with a higher wisdom.
Also here, as in the Ion and Phaedrus, Plato appears to acknowledge an unreasoning element in the higher nature of man.
The existence of the virtues without the possession of knowledge in the higher or philosophical sense is admitted to be possible.
Immediately the head of the hunter rose up from the pond, getting higher and higher each moment, till at length he stepped on to the bank and fell on his wife's neck.
The general shouted a demand that the cavalry should be halted, the Austrian argued that not he, but the higher command, was to blame.
Below, where the fight was beginning, there was still thick fog; on the higher ground it was clearing, but nothing could be seen of what was going on in front.
The fog lay unbroken like a sea down below, but higher up at the village of Schlappanitz where Napoleon stood with his marshals around him, it was quite light.
In general, the impossible must be justified by reference to artistic requirements, or to the higher reality, or to received opinion.
That there is a truth higher than experience, of which the mind bears witness to herself, is a conviction which in our own generation has been enthusiastically asserted, and is perhaps gaining ground.
The increase in 2QCY19 earnings was led by: (i) 15% YoY higher topline due to 45/9% YoY higher NP/CAN offtakes, along with higher retention prices (sufficient to offset decline in urea offtake), (ii) 47% YoY lower Selling and distribution expense, and (iii) 91% YoY higher other income.
As the new school year begins, here is the full list of dates for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams in 2020.
800,000 Daily rage Revenue Trades, 7% higher than prior year and 1% lower than prior month.
Shuaa Capital closed 13.43 per cent higher at Dh0.811, after gaining as much as 15 per cent in the previous session.
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