Sentences with phrase «general concepts which»

But Christian thought can never be expressed without making use of the general concepts which it is the business of philosophy to clarify and criticize.

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There is a distinction in theology between the divine attributes in general, which include all things correctly said of God, and «pure perfections,» those divine attributes that admit no imperfection into the concept.

While it is of course true that those who belong to this school are perhaps most vocal in their assertion that in our Lord alone may God be seen at work, and while it is they who denounce the concept of «general» revelation as a vain fancy of sub-Christian speculation, a considerable number of other Christian thinkers take what in effect is the same position when they make central to their teaching a kind of uniqueness in the coming and the person of Christ which effectively removes him from the context of the total sell - expressive operation of the Eternal Word.

The scholars who study Islamic culture today point out that the chief factors which have influenced contemporary Arab Muslim society are: the Western ideas which penetrated Arab society through education and increased contact with the West, socialist concepts which have spread throughout the world, communist doctrines which challenge religion in general, the expansion of university education, the admission of Muslim women to higher education, the study of ancient and modern philosophy in the universities, and the modern Muslim movements which have been so influential.

[16] Although upholders of general relativity theory maintain the unintelligibility of such questions, the questions are unintelligible only within their system Riemannian space depends for basic concepts upon Euclidean geometry, which is then transcended.

The general position of these writers, whose contributions vary considerably in approach and quality, is that Jesus made no claim of divinity for himself and that the doctrine of the incarnation was developed during the early centuries of the Christian era as an attempt to express the uniqueness of Jesus in the mythological language and thought forms of the Greek culture of the time.While recognizing the validity of the patristic theologians» work, which culminated in the classical christological definitions of Nicea and Chalcedon, the British theologians question whether these definitions are intelligible in the 20th century, and go on to suggest that some concept other than incarnation might better express the divine significance of Jesus today.

In these terms, the proposition that Jesus lives on subjectively is the supreme instance of some more general proposition as to individual survival after death: to reach a decision as to this supreme instance one would first have to investigate the general concept of resurrection, which lies beyond our present task.25 It must here suffice to answer that these proposals neither affirm nor deny the doctrine that both Jesus and the «souls of the righteous» live on subjectively.

In general we may say that the meaning of any concept can be stated only by describing the experiences in which its use is appropriate.

Or can it be shown that precisely this event, too, exemplifies the accurate and fully developed concept of the relation between first cause and second causes which must and can be worked out by general ontology as the concept of becoming, and which is also found actually exemplified in other instances?

It finds varied expression in the philosophies of Whitehead, Bergson, Wieman, Hartshorne and others, in which the concept of process is held to be the most general and fundamental idea which we can apply to anything we know.

This concept of «soul,» and the physicalism proposed by many of the contributors, is unacceptable to those who hold that Christianity teaches that man is one unified being but composed of two essential parts - a physical body and a properly spiritual soul which, though the substantial form of the body, is a subsistent entity capable of conscious existence when separated from its body between an individual's death and the General Resurrection.

It is this general metaphysical outlook, bequeathed to the Western world by Greek antiquity, which provided the first fundamental concepts for the full theological explication of the Christian witness.

By l970, the l6th General Assembly of UNESCO had defined the concept of a New International Economic Order which stated that the emerging nations would not be able to develop until they decreased their economic dependence on the First World.

So any general theory of biology (which must include the concept of hierarchy) must thereby explain the origin, operation, reliability and persistence of these constraints which harness matter to perform coherent functions according to a hierarchical plan.

This intellectual concept of faith, in which belief in God is part of a world view, a general theoretical conviction of the existence of God, arose in missionary preaching, in which it was necessary to proclaim in contrast to polytheism the belief in one God.

«The forms of a living being are not but rather come to be,» says Ludwig von Bertalanffy (BW 120), and his «organismic» biology and later general system - theory for overcoming the opposition between mechanism and vitalism has given central insights of Whitehead a new formulation on the basis of science, 8 Something similar holds for all the directions of research which Jean Piaget has brought to the [264] concept of genetic structuralism.9 The genetic epistemology founded by Piaget has proved through empirical research on the problem of knowledge the fruitfulness both of genetic analysis and of Whitehead's principle of process.

That is, instead of taking up the question of the autonomy of consciousness in its most general sense, I will attempt to focus the debate on a central concept of self - awareness which is capable of corresponding to one of the major traits of the idea of revelation brought to light by our analysis of biblical discourse.

But his failure to justify this distinction, by showing how to map a domain of rationality in which the elucidation of metaphysical concepts followed the secure path of a science («in accordance with the example set by geometers and physicists») indicates a general limitation on natural philosophy.

-- namely, the «highest concepts» which means the most general, the emptiest concepts, the last smoke of evaporating reality, in the beginning, as the beginning.

Compare this concept to the more general use of the term conversion, which is applied to a situation where a person demonstrates marked change in behavior, often resulting in a stance which is diametrically opposed to a previous stance.

In Adventures of Ideas, Whitehead notes: «We require the concept of some more general quality -LSB-...] the notion of a Harmony of Harmonies, which shall bind together the other four qualities.

Under the general concept are included some nineteen distinct civilizations — ranging, literally, «from China to Peru», and going back to the earliest ages of which we have any knowledge.

«We Houstonians really look for that neighborhood spot catering to more than just trends,» said Kyle Noonan, native Houstonian and co-owner of FreeRange Concepts, which founded The General Public.

Some concepts which seem long and complex at schools can be covered at home in general discussion.

The first real shot was fired recently from the Fabian Society in an interesting article by their relatively new General Secretary Andrew Harrop, in which he introduced the concept of Ed's Converts — 2010 Lib Dem voters who were now overwhelmingly voting Labour, and who were — on the whole — more left than right - wing on a range of issues.

IN ITS MODERN FORM, the concept of black holes emerges from Einstein's general theory of relativity, which predicts that if matter is sufficiently compressed, its gravity becomes so strong that it carves out a region of space from which nothing can escape.

Introduce key concepts and general mechanisms through which metabolites regulate chromatin modifications

A cube is the three - dimensional case of the more general concept of a hypercube, which exists in any dimension.

Other notable work by our STAC members that have contributed to advancement of the direct imaging techniques Project Blue will use in its mission include Dr. Guyon's general work on the PIAA coronagraph, and Dr. Males» concept of Orbital Differential Imaging which specifically takes advantage of a mission focused on a single star system to enable sensitivity to Earth - like planets.

Some researchers suggest that there are not in fact any metabolic advantages in low - carbohydrate diets and that weight loss results simply from reduced caloric intake, probably due to the increased satiety effect of protein.12 Others instead promote the hypothesis that there is indeed a distinct metabolic advantage, which has recently been explored in more detail, raising interest in the role of VLCKD in weight loss and effects on metabolism in general.13 The first law of thermodynamics, also known as the law of conservation of energy, has in effect controlled the concepts for the basis of weight loss for over a century — resulting in a difficulty in accepting other ways of thinking.

Those should reflect your site's main direction (say, military singles), and at the same time tie in nicely with the general concept of the business, which in our case is online dating.

Furthermore, in General Comment 3, the Committee outlines a concept that became naturalized from then on (24) and which has proved essential in further defining the scope of the obligations deriving from Article 2.1 of the CESCR.

Then there are the pure concept cars, like the Opel Monza and Volvo Coupe, which might never see the light of day in their current form, but offer us a chance to see the general direction that the company's cars are heading.

With two Chevrolet concepts already out the door this week, General Motors has turned its attention to Buick, which is teasing the Envision SUV concept before its big reveal in Shanghai.

That doesn't exactly apply to the Evos concept, which has four seats and jaw - dropping gullwing doors meant to stand out on the jammed show floor of Frankfurt, securing attention from opinion makers and the general public.

In 1999, Lee joined General Motors and designed concept cars such as Camaro Concept Vehicle which converts into the iconic Bumblebee in the movie Transformers and Corvette Stingray Concept Vehicle.

DETROIT — Last week, we told you about the new production vehicles and concepts from Ford, General Motors and Chrysler that debuted at the North American International Auto Show, which closed this week.

Until now, they have simply been 1 page abstracts that simple outline the general concept, but at the end of January 2016, Amazon released a massive 46 page document which outlines the companies ambitions.

Our experts suggest that Property Law is a broad subject and needs to be studied in depth in order to grasp the general terminologies and concepts which are core to it.

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Air Canada, which requires passengers to check baggage larger than its maximum carry - on dimensions, said Wednesday it is satisfied with its luggage size rules but supports the general concept of industry harmonization.

«Debt problems» is a general concept about which we all have some level of knowledge and understanding.

«We are thrilled for the launch of the YVE Hotel Miami concept which will provide the savvy traveler a place to effortlessly plug into everything that makes this city irresistible,» said Robert Festinger, General Manager.

Companies are obsessed with the ephemeral concept of «brand,» which refers to the public's general awareness and approval of them, and a new study from Tenet Partners rates travel, transportation and entertainment companies on that basis.

I had a general concept of what I wanted it to be, which was friendly, simple, and useful to creative types of all sorts.

I wanted to focus more on the processing roll behind the production of a piece, which was becoming more and more important to the general concept of the work as well as the relationship between the end product and the original material.

In additon, the artist explores concepts which are quite particular, such as the history of his native Belgiam, or of more general nature, such as modern corporations.

The concepts of the modern world did not in any way have a similar script with the Expressionists, which was a result of its general physical look and its instinctive discomfort with the modern world.

The concept is related to the more general phenomenon of climate change, which refers to changes in the totality of attributes that define climate — not only sur - face temperatures, but also precipitation patterns, winds, ocean currents, and other measures of the Earth's climate.

The argument to «learn what else drives climate» is a complete red herring, as if scientists are not already figuring out everything they can (which in turn is then being repeatedly re shaped to use to try to refute Climate Change by «skeptic» websites, as is everything), and is just used as another false refutation of, or confusion on, the basic assessment and risk range that the at this point fairly well known and well substantiated general concept of Climate Change represents.