They are people who feel as if they have been cut loose on a sea of relativity where absolute norms and enduring values have disappeared forever. (religion-online.org)
First, it would be difficult to establish absolute norms of progress, and norms that might seem sufficient for the best self - interests of man may not necessarily serve the best interests of reality as a whole. (religion-online.org)
These degrees of excellence can be understood only as degrees of approximation to an absolute norm by which they are judged. (religion-online.org)