Sentences with phrase «common heritage»
The phrase "common heritage" means something that belongs to everyone or is shared by a group of people. It suggests that certain things, like natural resources or cultural traditions, are not owned by any individual, but rather belong to all of us equally. Full definition
One of the more intriguing phenomena of the breed is the striking resemblance of cats with no known common heritage, from thousands of miles apart, have born to one another.
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They decided it was enough that in general Sikhs could establish a long shared common heritage and cultural tradition, a common language and literature and an identity as a minority within a larger community.
And as one of the founding nations in America, Irish ancestry is the second most common heritage in the country, the Irish American population being seven times larger than the actual population of Ireland!
They all have essentially the same English common heritage, yet none of them have remotely similar political positions on: — Gun control and its corollary (gun violence)-- Abortion — Marriage equality — Recognition of indigenous cultures *
According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the deep seabed is legally a part of the «common heritage of humankind,» meaning that it belongs to each and every human on the planet.
Some found a common heritage with ethnic groups they were prejudiced against or had considered enemies for generations.
It also shows a common heritage between mosquitos and elephants.
What we held to be our common heritage has begun to melt here and there like the glaciers in the Alps.»
Sorry to bust your bubble, but modern genetic testing has show a common heritage among European and Middle Eastern Jews.
Written at the latest between 1955 and 1913 B.C., this code of Semitic law reveals basic ideas and particular applications so akin to later Hebrew legislation that either direct influence or, more probably, a common heritage is indicated.
Once these works were part of the common heritage of European culture and exercised an immense literary influence.
To understand that threshold, and thus our common heritage as men, we must form some notion of animal existence as well, so that both the continuity and the discontinuity can be understood.
The example of Legge can be repeated for countless others, men and women, then and now, who as missionary pioneers stumbled on priceless pearls which subsequently they gathered and consecrated, recirculating them as humanity's common heritage.
Many of Freud's key concepts have become a part of the common heritage of Western thought and of our general psychological understanding of persons.
Within this category he includes the right to development, to environment, to the ownership of the common heritage of humankind (i.e., the ocean floor), the right to communication, and to peace.
May not his good sense become our common intelligence as a people, as it has become our common heritage?
Evidence of our common heritage is seen in the fact our entire race is fallen because of the fall of our first father Adam (Gen. 3:1 - 7; Rom.
He tries to force her to commit suicide near the end of the story, all the while struggling against a tenderness for her which has arisen because of their common heritage.
Others of different backgrounds have also positively shaped our common heritage.
Exploring the familiar facets of this debate, he noted the common heritage of Abraham, but a different reading of this history of salvation.
They share a common heritage in the Bible, but their histories have been separated by many years of lack of contact at the religious level.
Space is considered to be a common heritage and is not owned or controlled by any government, but how far above sea level is considered to be sovereign territory?
«Our administration has resolved to seize the gauntlet by taking a courageous step to halt the relentless despoliation of our common heritage by some mindless persons.
They are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilisation of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law.
The Accra marine drive project, which seeks to link Osu to Abokobi in the Ga East District as the two towns share a common heritage, was part of the Mahama government's list of projects for the tourism industry.
The species that made that turn went extinct long ago, but the stone tools that bore witness to it survive — «the common heritage of all humanity,» says Shea.
Although three fifths of the world's other three oceans remain high seas, the Arctic will likely hold onto only two small basins designated as the common heritage of humankind.
Although they share a common heritage in physics — Penrose served on Hawking's Ph.D. thesis committee at Cambridge — the lecturers differ in their vision of quantum mechanics and its impact on the evolution of the universe.
When the murk settles, the Arctic will likely hold on to only two small basins as the common heritage of humankind.
«It beautifully illustrates the common heritage of living things.»
As the World Medical Association has stated, human genes are part of humanity's «common heritage.»
The Declaration states: the treasure of scientific knowledge and its underlying research approaches are a common heritage of humankind.
The Mission of the International Ocean Institute is two fold: — To ensure the sustainability of the Ocean as «the source of life», and to uphold and expand the principle of the common heritage as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
They share a common heritage of technique and theory rooted in ancient Chinese philosophy (T...
BlackPeopleMeet is more than a typical matchmaking site — it's a dating community built upon an appreciation and celebration of a common heritage.
A World Heritage Site is a location that is listed by UNESCO as having outstanding cultural or natural value to the common heritage of humanity.