True human progress occurs over particular lives in the direction of wisdom and virtue.
Not exact matches
That was
true since automobiles transformed our lifestyles while simultaneously killing thousands a day, and it's
true in our current reality of mind - bending technological
progress with entrepreneurs aiming rockets at Mars and envisioning artificial intelligence that makes
humans look about as smart a house cat in comparison.
It is my opinion that much of the «
progress» we have made has formed our collective conscience falsely and that defending the «classic» definition of marriage will help to form our collective conscience more towards a
true conception of the
human person and the rights that belong to them.
Alfred N. Whitehead, scientist, mathematician, and philosopher, has described the path of
human progress this way: «The
true method of discovery is like the flight of an airplane.
For if it be
true that the tide of evolutionary totalization sweeping us along requires, for its viability, not only that we must
progress towards some form of irreversible unity, but also that this
progress must be in the personal sphere, is not this a positive reason for believing that sooner or later something must happen in the world whereby certain basic conditions of the
human phenomenon will undergo modification?
So the last two chapters of Part I affirm that «Christ's Church, trusting in the design of the Creator, acknowledges that
human progress can serve man's
true happiness, yet she can not help echoing the Apostle's warning: «Be not conformed to this world» (Rom 12:2)» (37).
Again, if it be
true that Evolution is rebounding on itself through the fact of
human totalization, it must, becoming conscious, fasten passionately upon itself: which is to say that Man, to
progress further, will need to be sustained by a powerful collective faith.
This is the idea that as
human history
progressed, God revealed more and more of Himself to humanity, so that the later portions of Scripture more accurately reveal the
true nature of God than the earlier portions (see chapters 2, 11).
Among them were pantheism and the positions that
human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be
true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute
true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with
progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»
Is that
true of all things we call
human progress — do the gods retire as commerce and science advance?
While these
human rights make scientific
progress possible, the reverse is
true as well: science has made «spectacular contributions to the advancement of
human rights» according to Davis, who cited forensics and internet freedom as two key areas in the 21st century.
The film tracks his
progress as he works on his technique and learns to be a
true performer, but the truly special moments involve Chris confessing his distaste for
human contact, a troubling trait that may have developed as a result of his tragic relationship with his cold, unsupportive parents.
Why waste money and inhibit
progress of Africa when the theory of
human cause for global warming is not
true?
Her fearless leadership and her devotion to
human and environmental
progress has been a
true inspiration to us all and will continue to keep us going.