Sentences with phrase «by human endeavour»

Dependence on divine revelation was replaced by human endeavour and discovery.

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Most of the experiments endeavour to reduce insect farming's most expensive input, human labour, which accounts for a stunningly high 60 % of costs (in the heavily mechanized cattle farming industry, by comparison, it's rare for labour costs to reach even half of that).

This magisterial text faced what amounts to the direct contrast of Pelagianism which exalted human endeavour and Lutheranism which considered humanity purely passive and grace «like some brilliant cloak of gold thrown over the human corpse by God» (Karl Adam: The Spirit of Catholicism ch.11).

This, in turn, has led to another flare up of the rumbling culture war between the analytics insurgents, who believe all human endeavour can and must be reduced to a single equation, and the traditionalist old guard, who believe the only way to understand a footballer is by following him around for weeks at a time and watching everything he does, meticulously observing his breakfast habits, which way «round he arranges his toilet paper, and whether he throws chewing gum into a bin or just drops it in the street.

The fact that people around the world expect the UN to deliver (which is why they are, so often, disappointed when it fails); the fact that we now expect states to work collectively on global problems; the fact that almost every aspect of human endeavour and planetary resource is addressed by international laws or bodies — all this reflects the transformative impact of the UN on our world and our lives.

«By doing this we were able to, for the first time, conceptualise such experiences as potentially representing endeavours at the extreme end of human agency, that is making choices to engage in activity which may in certain circumstances lead to death.

Growing human vulnerability (due to growing numbers of people living in exposed and marginal areas or due to the development of more high - value property in high - risk zones) is increasing the risk, while human endeavours (such as by local governments) try to mitigate possible effects.

This Act established one organisation, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), to supervise and license all fertility clinics throughout the UK It also provides information and advice to the British government about embryos and treatment services governed by the Act, and endeavours to ensure that the whole area of reproductive technology is practiced in a transparent manner.

Garrett Reisman — Human Space Flight Past and Present: Lessons Learned About Inspiration and Determination Selected by NASA as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998, Garrett Reisman's first mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which brought him to the International Space Station (ISS) for a 95 - day mission.

Modernity, as a human endeavour over Land, has drawn up the categories by which territory is divided and placed under a contract of subjugation.

By digging into their stories, Goodell portrays geoengineering as a human endeavour, carrying hefty doses of uncertainty, doubt and fear.»

But the robots are too good at their jobs: they interpret their directive by travelling from world to world (and eventually Earth) to enforce happiness: replacing humans in every endeavour, lobotomizing those who object and «seem unhappy,» and eventually subjugating all of humanity — not through malice, but through the efficient mechanical enforcement of «guarding from harm.»

Once States Parties have formally accepted their obligations, they will endeavour by all appropriate means possible to ensure everyone has access to housing resources adequate for health, well - being and security, consistent with other human rights; and