Sentences with phrase «by use of reason»

By the use of his reason, therefore, man can know much about God.

The world stands under a curse, even if the man does not recognize it and tries to find his way in the world by the use of his reason, even if he seeks to understand it by means of the concepts of God and of omnipotence.

We have seen that the Qur» an could not have human origins traceable either to the experience of Muhammad in the environment of his time or to his ability to construct the Holy Book by use of his reason.

These duties do not contradict those we discover by the use of our reason alone (and that we call the natural law).

It will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the influence of Heaven, more than those at work upon ships or houses, or laboring in merchandise or agriculture; it will forever be acknowledged that these governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses.

In the nineteenth century, the First Vatican Council taught a world newly enthralled by the «death of God» that by the use of reason alone mankind could come to know the reality of the Uncaused Cause, the First Mover, the God of the philosophers.»

The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature; It will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the influence of Heaven, more than those at work upon ships or houses, or laboring in merchandise or agriculture; it will forever be acknowledged that these governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses.

Can you give me a «truth» that has been found any other way than by the use of reason?

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For reasons no one is sure of yet, Apple has ditched Google - supplied data and is instead building its app using information supplied by GPS maker TomTom and a few other sources.

Wistia came to their vision by realizing that people were using their product for a multitude of reasons — marketing, internal training, collaboration etc. — which looks great, but also makes it really hard to focus on everything.

Moritz, a former Time magazine journalist, went on to lament the lower numbers of women studying math and sciences as the reason why it's so difficult for the firm to hire more women — a popular excuse often used by the tech companies with low diversity numbers.

The reason many programmers are so excited by these demos is because before Apple built ARKit into the iPhone, applications like these were really difficult to build — and nearly unheard of when using a standard camera.

From our definition there flows an important corollary: The riskiness of an investment is not measured by beta (a Wall Street term encompassing volatility and often used in measuring risk) but rather by the probability — the reasoned probability — of that investment causing its owner a loss of purchasing power over his contemplated holding period.

These concessions are popular with families but Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page is calling for a review of the government's use of such «tax expenditures» on the grounds they don't receive as much review by Parliament as program spending, among other reasons.

Part of the reason for the lack of filings — especially for a year that saw investor interest in cryptocurrencies surge — is that every single trade and purchase using cryptocurrencies is considered a taxable event by the IRS.

As for the 20 % who do not, the main reason seems to be switching to a new device, followed by websites refusing to show them the content they want if they are using such a tool — nearly two - thirds of respondents said they had encountered this problem.

«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.

And Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president for industry platforms, told me about how blockchain technology is being used by Walmart and others in the food industry to keep track of the source of food for safety reasons, and by Maersk in the shipping industry to greatly reduce paperwork and port time.

Coworking spaces are being used by traditional companies for a variety of reasons, some of which just might benefit your own company.

While some companies attempt to address the impact of macroeconomic factors by using relative goals in their long - term incentive plans, the CNGC has determined that relative goals are not the right approach for Walmart for the reasons described on page 50 above.

The deal about this kind of services is that they only convert bitcoin into rubles and execute payments by using the national Russian currency and so there are no reasons for the Russian government to consider it illegal.

Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor force.

One of the other reasons for the ethereum boom and its continuing success is its use by major ICOs.

The use by the respondents of the aforesaid false, misleading and deceptive statements, representations and practices has had, and now has, the capacity and tendency to mislead members of the public into the erroneous and mistaken belief that said statements and representations were and are true and into the investment of substantial sums of money to participate in the respondents» multilevel marketing program and the purchase of substantial quantities of respondents» products by reason of said erroneous and mistaken belief.

It shall be unlawful for any broker, dealer, or exchange, directly or indirectly, to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce for the purpose of using any facility of an exchange within or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to effect any transaction in a security, or to report any such transaction, unless such exchange (1) is registered as a national securities exchange under section 6 of this title, or (2) is exempted from such registration upon application by the exchange because, in the opinion of the Commission, by reason of the limited volume of transactions effected on such exchange, it is not practicable and not necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors to require such registration

Because of this reason, cold press juice which is made by chopping and crushing produce such as spinach, kale and ginger without using heat, thereby yielding highly nutritious juice, has risen to prominence.

Using pay per click (PPC) isn't cheating, it's now one of the top marketing tactics used by big and small brands alike, and for good reason.

By the recent statement of Facebook, it's clear that every user has used one or multiple third - party apps for some reason at least once, which makes all users more vulnerable.

For this reason it is therefore a good idea for beginning wet shavers to master the basic elements of mix building by using dry potted creams.

«The riskiness of an investment is not measured by beta (a Wall Street term encompassing volatility and often used in measuring risk) but rather by the probability — the reasoned probability — of that investment causing its owner a loss of purchasing - power over his contemplated holding period.»

The use of religious and cultural beliefs to encroach upon sovereign territory for political and militarily strategic placement is the reason, whether it's sanctioned by international policy or not.

So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.

Don't you see that children, 4, 5, 6 year olds can come to the same basic belief as you have, and they do not arrive there by using reasoning abilities, but are usually lead there out of fear or love, two very powerful emotions?

Third, the song of reason's gift by which we understand the uses of nature to preserve and enhance the well - being of humanity» humanity being the part of creation that God became in order that we might become fully God's.

The reason why it took me 45 years to come of the closet so to speak is, I was always surrounded by religion (school, tv), however I used to think there was something wrong with me because I didn't believe and 90 % of the planet did.

• Hell is used by many as a good reason in and of itself to practice religion.

We (collectively) did not win that fight by ripping the bible out of everyone's hands, but by a reasoned approach showing that when the bible is used to exclude and marginalize classes of people it is being employed wrongly.

It was written by many people over the span of hundreds of years, it is tribal rules from the infancy of our development and arguably is not a good book at all but full of hatred, spite and unspeakable violence, and you arent allowed to use «faith» as your proof of existence... faith is nothing less than the throwing away of reason i.e. belief without evidence.

The American Search for Peace: Moral Reasoning, Religious Hope, and National Security edited by George Weigel and John R. Langan Georgetown University Press, 281 pages, $ 30 The «correlation of forces,» as the Marxists used to say, has dramatically transformed the international arena in the last few years, and some of these essays may not take that adequately into account.

Use logic and reason instead of blind acceptance of 2000 year old myths, written by a primitive culture.

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in some ways memory is a better key to the nature of experience than perception, not only because, by the time we have used a datum of perception, it will already have been taken over by memory, but for the additional reasons: (a,) in memory there is less mystery concerning what we are trying to know than there is in perception [i.e., «our own past human experiences»]; also (all) the temporal structure of memory is more obvious.

Webb's views reflect a perspective that is deeply held by many Americans, and his use of the standard resources of theology to articulate these views is one of the reasons this book ought not be simply dismissed.

Without the use of religion you'd have no reason to deny the evidence but as long as you have that book that you require to get by in this world, you will never see the facts for what they are.

Coyne has in effect acknowledged that the personal «use» of reason by our minds is intrinsically present in all our knowledge of matter, and all our knowledge of anything else.

«matt — just because we can use science and reason to explain natural events doesn't mean there isn't a god, case in point, rainbows, a sign given by god to Noah can be explained by science but is still a promise made by god» But thats not proof of anything.

Rather, the major premise of scientific reasoning is a hypothesis to be verified, grasped by a fiduciary intention, to use the words of Michael Polanyi, or an act of belief fed by creative imagination, whose justification depends on the conclusion.

Many who hated Scalia's rulings could not help but be entertained by his razor - sharp writing, which he used especially in his dissenting opinions to carve up the majority's reasoning (my favorite is Planned Parenthood v. Casey, where among other things he referred to the majority's «Nietzschean vision of us unelected, life - tenured judges — leading a Volk who will be «tested by following»» the Court's rulings obediently).

Two sentences in the discussion of reason in the earlier version of the report could be taken to support the use of such analysis: «By reason we relate our witness to the full range of human knowledge and experience,» and «By our quest for reasoned understandings of Christian faith we seek to grasp and express the gospel in a way that will commend itself to thoughtful persons who are seeking to know and follow God's ways.»

That realm of nature which used to be beyond human understanding and control, with which, therefore, one could only establish a creative relation by means of this hypothesis «God», is now more and more being conquered by reason and technique.17