``... a painful feeling of humiliation or distress
caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior....»
Not exact matches
The proof that the growing co-extension of our soul and the world, through the
consciousness of our relationship with all things, is not simply a matter of logic or idealisation, but is part of an organic process, the natural outcome of the impulse which
caused the germination of life and the growth of the brain — the proof is that it expresses itself in a specific evolution of the moral value of our actions (that is to say,
by the modification of what is most living within us).
If there is any characteristic clearly observable in the progress of Nature towards higher
consciousness, it is that this is achieved
by increasing differentiation, which in itself
causes ever stronger individualities to emerge.
If
by the fundamental mechanism of union the elements of
consciousness, drawing together, enhance what Is most incommunicable in themselves, it means that the principle of unification
causing them to converge is in some sort a separate reality, distinct from themselves: not a «center of resultance» born of their converging, but a «center of dominance» effecting the synthesis of innumerable centers culminating in itself.
The CENTURY addressed other personal sins and moral failings, regularly speaking to the problems
caused by lax divorce laws, and occasionally writing about the evils of gambling, tobacco, and the «sex
consciousness» that would accompany the «vociferous demand for the teaching of sex hygiene» in public schools.
It is a commonplace among scholars of the Women's movement that the 19th century struggle for women's rights in America had lost much of its radical thrust
by the end of the century as the vote became the single overriding issue, and that supporters of women's suffrage were not above an appeal to blatant racism and class -
consciousness to advance their
cause.
«The body,» he continues, «would thus be, not the
cause of our thinking, but merely a condition restrictive thereof, and, although essential to our sensuous and animal
consciousness, it may be regarded as an impeder of our pure spiritual life.8 And in a recent book of great suggestiveness and power, less well - known as yet than it deserves, — I mean» Riddles of the Sphinx,»
by Mr. F. C. S. Schiller of Oxford, late of Cornell University, — the transmission - theory is defended at some length.9
Sperry has been deeply influenced
by the role of
consciousness as a
cause and the role of values in human life.
In the pre-modern ages human
consciousness was dominated
by a feeling of helplessness in the face of all natural and supernatural forces,
causing people to acknowledge their absolute dependence on divine help, whereas the modem age has been marked
by a high degree of human self - confidence and the belief that humans can at last master the forces of nature, justifying an optimistic hope for the human earthly future.
Team physicians, athletic trainers, and other personnel responsible for the medical care of athletes face no more challenging problem than the recognition, evaluation and management of concussions (generally defined as injury to the brain
caused by a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the head that results in any immediate, but temporary, alteration in brain functions, such as loss of
consciousness, blurred vision, dizziness, amnesia or loss of memory).
Incapacitation may be
caused by the lack of
consciousness or being asleep, being involuntarily restrained, or if an individual otherwise can not consent.
There is some evidence that this state is
caused by a malfunction of the body's emotion systems (
Consciousness and Cognition, vol 20, p 99).
In contrast, lethal gassing will often bring on distressing breathlessness before permanent loss of
consciousness, and death
by electrocution may
cause extreme pain.
Epilepsy is a chronic disease characterized
by recurrent seizures — brief storms of electrical activity in the brain that can
cause convulsions, hallucinations, or loss of
consciousness.
Imagine a life not controlled
by your latest pain - management appointment, your movement not limited due to fear of
causing pain, and years of life without aches and pains on the very edge of your
consciousness every second of the day.
Children and teens with social anxiety disorder have an excessive and persistent fear of social and / or performance Social anxiety disorder is when everyday interactions
cause significant worry and self -
consciousness because you fear being judged
by others.
By comparison, the use of euthanasia by injection causes animals to lose consciousness and brain function before their vital organs shut down, decreasing suffering and resulting in rapid clinical deat
By comparison, the use of euthanasia
by injection causes animals to lose consciousness and brain function before their vital organs shut down, decreasing suffering and resulting in rapid clinical deat
by injection
causes animals to lose
consciousness and brain function before their vital organs shut down, decreasing suffering and resulting in rapid clinical death.
Seizures (also called convulsions or fits) are sudden electrical events that happen in the brain and they
cause: A change is the patient's
consciousness or awareness of what is going on around them Uncontrolled movement of the body Seizures have many manifestations, but the signs shown
by an individual are usually the -LSB-...]
It is a development that calls into question modernity's understanding of history, expressed in the nineteenth century
by Jacob Burckhardt, that history is «the break with nature
caused by the awakening of
consciousness.»
Were the protocol not in force, scarcely a day would pass when the problems
caused by ozone depletion did not impinge on our
consciousness.