«I've always relied on the product we're selling and our people that are doing it, our managers, our operators, and they're the ones that carry the torches as
far as philosophy.»
What is offered, as
far as philosophy is concerned, is a few rather arbitrarily selected reflections such as a theologian must undertake if he is in some degree to deal with his own set of problems.
Not exact matches
To combat this, make sure that every division, from the top to the bottom, has an influencer employee, who embodies your
philosophies so there are «the five to nine people that can legitimately warm their hands on that person's cultural contributions, because
as you start getting too
far away from that, it begins to crumble.»
«The only responses that have been provided thus
far is the bank simply defending its compensation
philosophy (with no attempt at compromise),
as well
as limiting who we can and can not email within the organization.
Religion is not a sickness, but it can be used to
further the goals of the sick just
as a bomb, a social socio - political
philosophy, or the media can.
There he was
far more warmly received
as a Wheaton College representative than he would be at any secular American
philosophy conference, and he was given a chance, on television, to testify to his faith in Christ.
Today's conservatives in most cases see this
as a step too
far, yet they have generally signed on in support of the
philosophy that led to this culmination of the Lockean project.
Lecture X, pp. 100 - 10; and
further, The End of
Philosophy (translated by Joan Stambaugh, New York: Harper and Row, 1973), «Metaphysics
as History of Being,» pp. 4 - 10 and ff.
There is, so
far as I can see, no reason why Whitehead's
philosophy would not be enriched by adding Justice to its cultural aims.
But he went much
further, arguing that Christian
philosophy, like that of Aristotle, should be empirical: it should proceed from what can be grasped by the senses — and not,
as the Augustinian tradition held, by what can be grasped purely by the Mind.
The Christian indeed has always recognised the immediate primacy of secondary causes in the bringing about of natural phenomena, but
as serial causes have been traced
further back, and their astonishing inter-dependence demonstrated, the scientist has tended to proclaim either a mathematical universe in which theses secondary causes may be identified with some primary basic formula, or equation, synonymous in definition with a physical ultimate, a universe inwhich God has no place; or else he has preferred to identify intellect with matter itself and has come to accept that idealistic cosmic pantheism which is almost
as common a
philosophy today
as evolutionary materialism.
As far as political philosophy was concerned, justice for the Greeks was the proper, harmonious functioning of all human
As far as political philosophy was concerned, justice for the Greeks was the proper, harmonious functioning of all human
as political
philosophy was concerned, justice for the Greeks was the proper, harmonious functioning of all humans.
everything in the universe evolves, not only life forms but also memes, Religion is a meme so it also change in conformity to its era or time of its conception
as faith.Because in pre scientific times thousands of years ago, the scientific method of approach or
philosophy has not existed yet, myth or merely story telling is considered facts, The first religion called animism more than 10,000 years ago believed that spirits or god exists in trees, rivers, mountains, boulders or in any places people at that time considered holy.hundreds of them, then when the Greeks and Romans came, it was reduced to 12, they called it polytheism, when the Jews arrived, it was
further reduced to 1, monotheism.its derivatives, Christianity And Islam and later hundreds of denominations that includes Mormonism and Protestants flourished up to today.So in short this religions evolved in accordance to the scientific knowledge of the age or era they existed.If you graph the growth of knowledge, it shows a sharp increase in the last 500 years, forcing the dominant religions at that time to reinterprete their dogmas, today this traditional religions are becoming obsolete and has to evolve to survive.But first they have to unify against atheism.in the dialectical process of change, Theism in one hand and the opposing force atheism in the other, will resolve into a result or synthesis.The process shall be highlighted in the internet in the near future.
As I read
further into Hartshorne's
philosophy, I became convinced that many of his critics in Britain and elsewhere needed to see the interconnectedness of his ideas.
This was vividly brought home to me recently, reading the vast work of academic moral
philosophy On What Matters, by Derek Parfit, in which problems concerning the switching of trolleys from one rail to another in order to prevent or cause the deaths of those
further down the line are presented
as showing the essence of moral reasoning and its place in the life of human beings.
A personalistic
philosophy of life does not offer us absolute knowledge;... we discover divine purpose in so
far as our human purposes are ruled by the New Testament principles of logos and agape - reason and love.
And
as a believer in the essential sanity and continuity of Western Civilization, Lewis would surely have concurred with Jaki's characterization of the Middle Ages: «In Western
philosophy that was the first and thus
far the last major epoch in which broadly shared respect was paid to the fundamental difference between ends and means....
But, synthetic
as it is, it is
far too strong an adversary for the easygoing Westerner who says, complacently, that he has worked out a «
philosophy» which is personally satisfactory to him and that he believes in being kind.
«These lectures will be best understood by noting the following list of prevalent habits of thought, which are repudiated, in so
far as concerns their influence on
philosophy:... (vii) The Kantian doctrine of the objective world
as a theoretical construct from purely subjective experience» (PR xiii [x]-RRB-.
There is no answer
as to what actually happened, but we do know that starting from there the church embarked on the
far - reaching intellectual enterprise which is the building of a Christian theology, and
philosophy of life, upon the foundation thus laid, and that is an unfinished story.
So
far from being the God of classical
philosophy, who is in no way related to others and whose sole object of experience is self, the God of Christian scripture
as well
as of the Hebrew patriarchs is consistently represented
as the supremely relative one, who is related to all others
as well
as to self by the unique experiences of creation and redemption.
Descartes himself acknowledged that his cogito ergo sum is already fundamental in Augustine's
philosophy (letter to Colvius, 14 November, 1640), and he believed that his
philosophy was the first to demonstrate the philosophical truth of the doctrine of transubstantiation, and could go so
far as to claim that scholastic
philosophy would have been rejected
as clashing with faith if his
philosophy had been known first (letter to Mersenne, 31 March, 1641) Indeed, nothing is more revolutionary in modern
philosophy than its dissolution of the scholastic distinction between natural theology and revealed theology.
The implications of this conclusion are many and
far - reaching, for my own work
as a theologian
as well
as for what I understand by the related, but nonetheless distinct, tasks of
philosophy and metaphysics.
The history of the growth of the modern world shows an interplay between the rejection of the authoritative impact of Incarnation, traceable at least
as far as the 16th century Reformation, and the post-Enlightenment development of the
philosophy of relativism, which the Pope highlighted to the British ambassador on 9 September last.
Hopefully, in
further work he may yet strengthen this facet of his
philosophy so
as to give adequate recognition to the distinctly human features of man's existence.
In so
far as every new revolt is an attack upon the
philosophy and structure of power politics and self - righteousness, Christianity can not but sympathize with it; in so
far as it is itself a new form of the
philosophy, Christianity must reject it or at least refuse to identify itself with it.
As far as the Bretton Woods organisations, the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO, are concerned, they require total transformation, following a philosophy that meets the integral goals of the economy, i.e. the satisfaction of human needs rather than alignment with the satisfaction of capital accumulatio
As far as the Bretton Woods organisations, the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO, are concerned, they require total transformation, following a philosophy that meets the integral goals of the economy, i.e. the satisfaction of human needs rather than alignment with the satisfaction of capital accumulatio
as the Bretton Woods organisations, the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO, are concerned, they require total transformation, following a
philosophy that meets the integral goals of the economy, i.e. the satisfaction of human needs rather than alignment with the satisfaction of capital accumulation.
In employing it he goes so
far as to demand that in the end, «no entity can be conceived in complete abstraction from the system of the universe, and that it is the business of speculative
philosophy to exhibit this truth» (PR 5).
Others have gone much
further; Hegel perceived of religion and
philosophy as two ways of access to the same truth, with
philosophy as the more perfect way.
Further explanation of Hegel's attractiveness to the theologian can be found in the high estimation he has of the role of (Christian) religion,» the way in which his
philosophy of history can be read
as a speculative transformation of salvation history, 12 and his «high» anthropology in which human beings are moments in the self - knowing of God.»
From this analysis emerged Whitehead's own interpretation of
philosophy, whose job,
as he saw it, was not to continue to carry
further the discrimination made by our consciousness, but rather, conversely, Whitehead required that
philosophy connects the later abstractions of consciousness with the original totality of experience (PR 14f.
To speak in this way leads naturally to some
further considerations in which (
as I think) process
philosophy can be of great assistance to us.
The two most striking examples of how human life may be guided, so
far as our tradition is concerned, are seen in Greek
philosophy and the Christian religion.
The
further criticism of a
philosophy as incoherent has to do with its «arbitrary disconnection of first principles.»
As such, it searches for
further answers than a
philosophy of concrescence and self - determination can give.
Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus
as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.
As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what
philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that
philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz
And in so
far as imagination is fundamental to rational understanding, its systemic repression in western
philosophy is another sign that the natural philosopher must be
as deeply concerned with cultural analysis
as with metaphysical analysis.
Believing Hindus today may be roughly divided into two general groups: those who accept the
philosophy of nondualism (or neo-Vedanta,
as it is sometimes called), and a
far larger group of a devotional nature, who are often of a more orthodox type.
It is clear that the process
philosophy of science
as developed thus
far can not accept the deductive model of explanation.
When the astronomical revolution of the sixteenth century — in which the Italian philosophers of the Renaissance played a
far more important role than historians of science admit — removed the universal cosmic clock, there were two alternative ways open to physics and
philosophy of nature: either to retain the relational theory of time and to hold with Bruno (Bruno 1879, p. 144) that «there are
as many times
as there are the stars» (tot tempora quot astra), since there is no body possessing a privileged rotation motion, and the only body which allegedly had it — the sphere of the fixed stars — has been swept away; or to save the unity and homogeneity of time by separating it from any particular motion — and this is what Newton did, anticipated in this respect by Isaac Barrow and, in particular, Gassendi.
Hegelian
philosophy leaves a number of open questions
as far as the importance, nature and position of religion in real life is concerned.
In his preface to the
Philosophy of Right, Hegel famously remarks that the owl of Minerva takes flight only as dusk is falling, which is to say that philosophy comes only at the end of an age, far too late in the day to tell us how the world ought to be; it can at most merely ponder what already has come to pass and so begun to
Philosophy of Right, Hegel famously remarks that the owl of Minerva takes flight only
as dusk is falling, which is to say that
philosophy comes only at the end of an age, far too late in the day to tell us how the world ought to be; it can at most merely ponder what already has come to pass and so begun to
philosophy comes only at the end of an age,
far too late in the day to tell us how the world ought to be; it can at most merely ponder what already has come to pass and so begun to pass away.
What most impressed me about Magee's book (and life, insofar
as it was revealed in the book) was his consistent honesty in pursuing the issues of perennial
philosophy as far as his own hesitant agnosticism would take him.
As far as «diets» go... it's a lifestyle if you want change, not a quick fix is my philosoph
As far as «diets» go... it's a lifestyle if you want change, not a quick fix is my philosoph
as «diets» go... it's a lifestyle if you want change, not a quick fix is my
philosophy!
As far as the club's financials show, the man has only respected the club's tradition / philosophy of self sustainability and that's his offense as we all have been spoilt by other clubs» billionaire / State - aid owners distorting the finances with decisions which don't make economic sense and which create unfair competitio
As far as the club's financials show, the man has only respected the club's tradition / philosophy of self sustainability and that's his offense as we all have been spoilt by other clubs» billionaire / State - aid owners distorting the finances with decisions which don't make economic sense and which create unfair competitio
as the club's financials show, the man has only respected the club's tradition /
philosophy of self sustainability and that's his offense
as we all have been spoilt by other clubs» billionaire / State - aid owners distorting the finances with decisions which don't make economic sense and which create unfair competitio
as we all have been spoilt by other clubs» billionaire / State - aid owners distorting the finances with decisions which don't make economic sense and which create unfair competition.
Athletico - I see them
as having a similar
philosophy in the transfer market to what Wenger historically has had (pre-stadium move & big signings - Ozil / Sanchez, in particular so
far).
As far as free agency, let's see what Pace can do with a bunch of money and a true direction and philosophy with his roster this time aroun
As far as free agency, let's see what Pace can do with a bunch of money and a true direction and philosophy with his roster this time aroun
as free agency, let's see what Pace can do with a bunch of money and a true direction and
philosophy with his roster this time around.
As you can see betting every under would be profitable, however, when we add our contrarian
philosophy that value is increased even
further.
I don't think to win the EPL
as far as Wenger is there with the same
philosophy.
If Wenger sticks by his men and his
philosophy,
as he surely will do, and if the captain avoids
further injury, this season could yet be a successful one for Arsenal.