Sentences with phrase «actualize such ideals»

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In Whitehead's view, the initial or ideal aim given by God includes alternatives; 43 these are «graded» according to their relevance; 44 the creature can modify his initial subjective aim, i.e. the ideal aim given by God.45 Thus, a creature could use his freedom in order to actualize the ideal aim given him, or he could modify this aim to such an extent as to choose the worst alternative open to him, or his actualization could fall anywhere in between.

The elemental notion of god - bearing individuals may be spoken of in an ontological sense when one perceives a sense in which the individual's personality appears to alter or fuse in those «abnormal» «eccentric» phases to effect specific outcomes for «the individual in a community of faith» or for the community of faith extraneous to the individual.15 When the fusion of the individual's personality with the alleged divine being is complete and permanent, such an individual may be said to have actualized the ideal state of union with the divine, which may be reversible or irreversible state of being.