Sentences with phrase «desires less material»

Not exact matches

One understanding of human nature common to the modern era sees man as standing both above and outside nature (after Descartes, as a sort disembodied rational being), and nature itself as raw material — sometimes more pliable, sometimes less — for furthering human ambition (an instrumentalist post — Francis Bacon view of nature as a reality not simply to be understood but to be «conquered» and used to satisfy human desires).

The second consideration is that as the individual develops in his life of prayer, he will find that petition for material advantage is less and less a part of his asking, and that more and more he desires only that he may be conformed to God's Will, so that as Christ's Spirit is formed in him he is enabled to live as un autre Christ — that fine phrase which was so often used by French devotional writers in the seventeenth century.

One research result, in particular, bears a direct consequence in practice: The higher the desired voltage, the less residual moisture the materials may contain.

Kneebone compared this to the work of a tailor, who works with similarly delicate (though less high - stakes) materials, and needs to know the unique makeup of each client in order to create the desired effect at the finish.