Sentences with phrase «by modern civilization»
The vast reshaping of the environment by modern civilization raises the chances of sudden and drastic upheavals in the climate, a panel of experts warns.
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The hunter - gatherer lifestyle is not a new thing it has just been forgotten by the modern civilization.
Not exact matches
The Foucault by whom we are first moved to question modernity, the Foucault by whom we are first shown the absurdity of the modern project from its beginning, is not the Foucault of the epistemological Order of Things and Archaeology of Knowledge, but the Foucault of the historical Discipline and Punish, Madness and Civilization, and Birth of the Clinic.
As my friend Pastor Richard John Neuhaus has so eloquently put it, «the Holocaust is in modern consciousness the icon of barbarity by contrast with which civilization is defined.»
A group of the Wahhabis who went to great lengths in enforcing these doctrines and in standing adamant against any innovation, even including useful contributions of modern civilization, were suppressed by King Abul Aziz Ibn Sa`ud who believed in a wise, moderate policy of modernization.
The Syllabus of Errors, issued in 1864 under the auspices of Pope Pius IX, famously ends by condemning the proposition that «The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization.»
He has been called by a modern English historian of Chinese culture «one of the most remarkable and brilliant men in history» (Joseph Needham, in Science and Civilization in China, 2 vols.
Under modern conditions, with changes occurring so rapidly that most specific occupational preparation becomes quickly out of date, it even appears that a fundamental liberal education is the best vocational education, for it develops the powers of imagination needed to meet new situations and the understanding of interrelationships required by life in an increasingly interdependent civilization.
Modern Western civilization arose as men sought to throw off the restrictions of the feudal order and to expand their activities into the wider arenas opened up by commerce and exploration.
His Twi Dictionary has been acclaimed as an «encyclopaedia of Akan civilization» by the modern generation of Ghanaian scholars.
He said that the church is responsible for relating God's love in a realistic way to the moral problems of an industrial civilization, but, unfortunately, modern Christianity is characterized by a lack of ethical relevancy.
Its place in the universities was justified by its contribution to helping define the moral mission of the university to modern civilization.
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.»
Religion, after all, is constituted by symbolism — whether in primitive amulets, totems, and rituals, the earth and sky god mythologies of ancient civilizations, crucifixes and relics of the medieval church, formalized texts and creeds of the world's great modern religions, or even the sacred rites and markers we use to define ourselves, our relations to nature, our sense of personal identity, and our collective loyalties and destinies.
For example, Kibbutzes or hippie communies in California don't need to spend money on R&D in agriculture, or defense, or large scale law enforcement (again, you may have the luxury to exclude 1 - 3 % of psychopaths / sociopaths from a small community, and not worry about said excluded psychopaths attacking you for your communal material possessions from outside since they are dealt with by outside society), or on disaster preparedness, or on medical R&D, or pretty much any other economic overhead of modern civilization.
The city has been described by tourism pundits as «The city of flavor ««The city of health ««A peaceful modern city» «A multi faith city» The 8500 year history of Izmir has witnessed many civilization.
Thanks to growing population and dwindling supplies, fossil fuel production per capita may peak by mid-century — ending the two centuries of unlimited growth in energy production that is at the root of modern civilization, consultant Richard Nehring writes in the journal.
Then in Lawrence Keeley's 1996 book War Before Civilization I read that modern states at their worst, such as Germany in the 20th century or France in the 19th century, had rates of death in warfare that were dwarfed by those of hunter - gatherer and hunter - horticultural societies.
Bee pollen: Touted as «nature's fountain of youth», bee pollen has been used for thousands of years, in early Egyptian and Chinese civilizations and also by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, 2500 years ago.
Significant epidemiological and clinical evidence has emerged that suggests AD belongs among the «diseases of civilization,» primarily caused by modern Western diets and lifestyles at odds with human physiology.
Do you think the symptoms of menopause as experienced by the average American female eating the standard American diet and being treated by the medical establishment as it now stands are actually symptoms of a disease of modern civilization?
Inspired by the eating habits of earlier civilizations, our snacks combine the culture of ancient civilizations and the taste of today — a unique blend of ancient bites and modern taste.
It is regarded by many as an important factor in the genesis of the diseases of civilization, the degradation of the health of modern humans.
My current favorite style - related quote wasn't said by a fashion maven but instead by influencer of modern civilization.
Called by some the Great Forerunner and others the Tallest Tree in Our Forest, Paul Robeson is without peer in the annals of modern American civilization.
My love for turn - based strategy games began with Sid Meir and Civilization almost 15 years ago, though modern day equivalents like Boom Beach by Supercell (made famous by their Clash of Clans game) do satisfy my love of the genre.
The origins of the Chihuahua breed can be traced all the way back to ancient Mexico and it is commonly believed that the modern Chihuahua descended from an ancient companion breed, the Techichi, which was developed by the Toltec civilization before the 9th century.
Asia evokes exotic images of monks in saffron robes; bustling and colorful markets; roadside noodle stands; nomadic sheiks; islands in a warm, turquoise sea bordered by lovely beaches; soaring mountains with terraces of rice paddies; spicy cuisine that fuses East and West traditions; and ancient history and customs that live side by side the signs of modern civilization.
The Spa and ritual is protected from modern civilization and is nestled by the mountains.
In the modern martial arts epic, the classic tension of star - crossed lovers is amplified by the presence of four reigning powers — clans with an ancient rivalry as old as civilization itself — and beliefs rooted in a tradition of warfare.
The eclectic array of goodies on show spans geographies, cultures and civilizations, ranging from pre-historic shamanistic totems and early religious images of vision and ecstasy, through to modern works by Kandinsky, surrealist pieces by Miro and Man Ray, and specially installed works by Anish Kapoor and Marina Abramovic.
The issue is that modern agricultural - industrial civilization is the thing that is taking away the choices of the people carrying water and gathering fuel, by enabling huge population growth while simultaneously sapping resources worldwide.
The reason that I went back to Mencius was that the world over, including the Chinese, finally dawned that the western modern science and technology had so over shadowed and skewed the picture of civilization of Mankind that many of the advances of humanity were made by other cultures and civilizations were either ignored or misinterpreted.
in the meantime, in the absence of reliable climate models or any certainty of «how much climate may change,» how many trillions should we spend and how far backward must modern industrial civilization be propelled by imposing draconian co2 emissions cuts?
CAGW or Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming is the acronym used (mostly by those that don't support taking immediate action on climate change) for the theory (or collection of hypotheses) that attribute most of the observed modern warming to human activities and warn that continuing similar activities (mostly emitting CO2) could result in warming that is dangerous to both civilization and a number of ecosystems.
Gradually scientists, aided by science journalists, informed the minority of educated people that modern civilization might cause global warming, sometime far in the future.
The entire history of modern civilization that started with the first industrial revolution has been enabled by the burning of fossil fuels.
Energy is very important to modern civilization but it is just one of many commodities required by modern life.
Live Science: «Climate Records Shattered in 2013» — By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer LiveScience.com — July 18, 2014 — «The climate is changing more rapidly in today's world than at any time in modern civilization,» said Thomas Karl, director of NOAA.
Our modern civilization, powered by fossil fuels, sends tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere as we generate electricity to power our lights, furnaces and air conditioners, computers, television sets, cellphone and ipods and as we drive gasoline powered cars and fly in airplanes.
Finally, the discovery and use of fossil fuels enabled humans to escape the backbreaking manual work that characterized earlier human civilization by allowing the development of modern economies with all the conveniences that energy use makes possible in high income countries.
Generally, information fluxes processed by the natural biota exceed by twenty orders of magnitude the information processing capacity of modern civilization.
Modern civilization was brought to its knees by all too powerful banks.