Legends, raising no such universal claim, may be understood as narratives of pious imagination celebrating an exemplary figure.

The second debate has been over the ability to make universal claims about all cultures.

However, the predicate of a universal affirmative claim won't really fit any of these models.

Another problem was that universal claims (e.g. "(all) philosophers are mortal") are problematic in terms of verification.

He says he even has reason to doubt the addictiveness of crack, the almost universal claims to its addictiveness notwithstanding.

Furthermore, both faiths make a universal claim to truth and seek to convert nonbelievers.

Lincoln Center makes no universal claims, he says, but it must use some criteria.

James Crosswhite addresses concerns about the validity of universal claims in formal argument.

This subjectivity puts the universal claims of such law into perspective.

"A nation founded on the universal claim of individual rights should not be surprised when other people claim those rights."