Sentences with phrase «concrete element of nature»

Not exact matches

According to Whitehead (PR 28f) the analysis of an actual entity into prehensions exhibits the most concrete elements in its nature, and such an analysis is called a division.

Thus Cyril C. Richardson has criticized the classical formulations of the Trinity as imposing an arbitrary «threeness» upon our theological thinking, and proposes instead a basic twofold distinction between God as Absolute and God as Related.1 This is for Richardson a basic paradox, an apparent self - contradiction, for if we try to bring these aspects into relationship, we compromise God's absoluteness.2 Charles Hartshorne accepts this same twofold distinction, but he removes the contradictory element by understanding it in terms of the abstract and concrete dimensions of God's nature and experience.3

In Whiteheadian terms a prehension does not have the full concreteness of an actual entity, but «the analysis of an actual entity into prehensions is that mode of analysis which exhibits the most concrete elements in the nature of actual entities» (PR 28).

This exhibition picks up where Transitions left off by exploring «the continuous use of concrete by blending together both elements of nature and synthetic materials into abstract patterns and bold structures.»

Recurring themes include a return to nature, the relationship between light and space, aspirations of climbing the building, and the interplay of diaphanous elements with the concrete structure.

Fu - Tung's passion for innovative design and sustainable materials culminated in a reinvention of the traditional kitchen by using concrete as a sculptural element and incorporating the aesthetics of Nature.