Meanings of placing things in English

By placing things and signs for things before us, we are taught to See.

We reinvent ourselves and our history, constantly placing things in a light most favorable to us.

In spite of the vastness of his view, he loved placing things neatly, correctly, and in order.

This very question which had just arisen about Will Ladislaw's occupation, was the occasion for placing things on a new, right footing.

He acknowledged the advantage of competition as a stimulus: he thought that, placing things on equal grounds, competition was undoubtedly a great advantage.