Sentences with phrase «for their existence on»

The past is out of time, and depends for its existence on the reinstatement of present experience.

This does not, however, mean that God and Christ depend for their existence on me.

if nature is a thing that depends for its existence on something else, this dependence is a thing that must be taken into account when we try to understand what nature is; and if natural science is a form of thought that depends for its existence upon some other form of thought, we can not adequately reflect upon what natural science tells us without taking into account the form of thought upon which it depends (italics mine).

But Hartshorne effectively replies that, even if finite beings depend for their existence on the creative activity of God, it still remains true that if God had created a different world then He would have been somewhat different from the way He actually is by virtue of the fact that His perfect knowledge would have been of that world rather than of this world; and so the point still holds that divine cognitive relations to the creatures are partially constitutive of God.7

We might represent this understanding by picturing two separate balls: one representing the finite, natural world, dependent for its existence on the other ball that represents the supernatural world, but spinning along quite nicely on its own according to its own set of natural laws.

This is best seen in comparison with the other categories of being, such as quantitative or qualitative being, both of which categories of being depend for their existence on the underlying being of a substance.

«But he did not pull his punches as he said: «No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.»»

It's odd that we are striving for longevity for existence on a planet / in an environment we are destroying.

No one, in a free market, would spend a penny of their earnings on wind turbines, solar panels, research grants for dubious climate science projects, local council sustainability officers, et al: the industry is entirely dependent for its existence on favours granted to rent - seeking troughers by the political class.

Not exact matches

Here, we learn how to prepare for our own end and how to help others transition... Unreligious and truly transformational, this book continues to inspire and provide endless wisdom on the great mysteries and challenges of our human existence.»

For most of our existence, we focused on all the good that connecting people can bring.

While it's unclear so far which group, exactly, will be leading the charge, Inc. has confirmed the existence of at least one: BayShare, which describes itself as an «advocacy organization in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is to make the Bay Area the best place on the planet for sharing.»

UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday called for the EU to take in one million refugees, while Amnesty International slammed leaders for «condemning millions of refugees to an unbearable existence».

«If we'd been able to deploy a wallet on Apple and non-Apple handsets, we would have more access for issuers and it would still be in existence today.

That's great news for Kelly, NASA, and the future of manned space flight, but it's also interesting for the rest of us stuck here on earth amid the usual small hassles and daily annoyances of a planet - bound existence.

For their entire existence, they've relied on retailers to sell their popular, decades - old iconic brands.

Their very existence reflects the fact that Medicare, which most retirees rely on for health coverage, does not cover nursing - home care.

If the U.S. market were not to be there, the reasons for its existence are on the line,» Marchionne told reporters at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

But Zuckerberg himself has said being too «focused on the positive» for the first 10 years of Facebook's existence blinded the company to much of the abuse it was enabling as well as to emergent effects of social media like hyper - polarization.

For most of its existence, it's been focused on the educational sector, which hasn't been as lucrative as first thought.

This company has «flown under the radar» for most of its existence, says Levine, but it is the largest label company on the planet.

Zuckerberg has proved adept at selecting talent, relying on a core of top executives who have been at Facebook for much of its existence.

After two and a half years of a cramped existence defined largely by the pain in his back and arms — he says he used to lie in bed for hours pressing a spot on his forearm, imagining he had a button there that could shut the pain off — Rahimi is largely pain free.

No, the memorable aspect was the very existence of a cash for gold company commercial on the Super Bowl at all.

based in part on their business line performance, and thus presented the potential for excessive risk taking, the HRC concluded that the emphasis on overall Company performance in compensation decisions, the existence of robust compliance, internal control, disclosure review and reporting programs and clawback policies, the Code of Ethics prohibition on, and right to discipline employees for manipulating business goals for compensation purposes and its prohibitions on derivative and hedging transactions in Company common stock, and the Company's stock ownership guidelines provided adequate safeguards that would either prevent or discourage excessive risk taking.

For most of our existence, we focused on all the good that connecting people can bring,» Zuckerberg will say, according to testimony released before the hearings.

Efficient pricing in fixed - interest markets depends, to a large extent, on the existence of a well - defined yield curve for an asset of undoubted credit worthiness.

In 1950, United Fruit (nowadays Chiquita) hired Robert H. Stover to devise management strategies for Fusarium wilt, which by then was threatening the very existence of the export trade based on Gros Michel.

A premium has been in existence in the Chinese markets for the past few weeks as the yuan has depreciated — on peaks, this has been as high as $ 30 between various markets.

Motorola, which has been in existence for 80 years, is one of the oldest mobile phone makers on the market.

But it seems everyone from James Clapper, to Louis Lerner, to Eric Holder, Susan Rice etc. etc. seems to be constantly contradicted or exposed as being less than truthful, whether it's IRS Targeting, tapping journalists, blaming Benghazi on a video, the existence of WMDs, a search for yellow - cake Uranium, who ordered Fast and Furious putting automatic guns in the hands of Mexican drug - lords, drone strikes, or... the nature of PRISM.

Early - stage tech companies raise money through a stubbornly analog process — an irony for an industry based on the conviction that computers will upend every aspect of human existence.

We also think the existence of this new rule means regulators are looking for improvement over existing research practices, which are based primarily on technical research and sell - side research.

We, on the other hand, view it with hope: because more than anything, the events of the past few days show that the truth is getting out — the truth that capital markets simply can not exist under the authoritarian rule of central planners, the truth that the stock market is a casino in which the best one can hope for a quick flip, and finally the truth that our entire socio - economic regime, whose existence has been predicated by borrowing from the uncreated wealth of the future, and where accumulated debt could be wiped out at the flip of a switch if things go wrong in the process obliterating the welfare of billions (of less than 1 % ers), is one big lie.

This might means varying cost levels for coins on the same blockchain, with purify tokens valued above those with sinister or misleading origins, and the end of the fungibility that cryptocurrencies have enjoyed since their existence.

The existence of Chapter 19 has a deterrent effect on the US and its industries, causing them to pause before pushing for special tariffs on Canadian or Mexican goods.

KUALA LUMPUR - Electoral watchdog groups in Malaysia said on Thursday the voter list for next week's general election had major flaws, including the existence of a 121 - year - old voter, raising the spectre of possible fraud.

When the totality of facts are taken into account, «miracles» turn out to be nothing more than believers who are desperate for some sign of my existence ignoring the downside of a set of facts, focusing solely on the upside and calling the quarantined «good» a miracle from me or one of the other sky - fairies.

If the clouds parted and Christ descended on a beam of light and declared his existence, I am certain you would have an explanation for that too.

Hardly, after man came up with then disregarded as utter nonsense the previous 10,000 or so gods in existence, we decided not to jump on the current bandwagon claiming salvation for the believer and damnation for the rest... Pray tell, what became of all the people who had never the chance to hear of his words / deeds after he came and died?

We all know at some level that we didn't get where we are on our own, and that we have an ongoing responsibility and dependence on others for our continuing enjoyment of the goods of human existence.

you really need to do your research on your boy jesus... that story is very old... and like all relgions, manifested... as for the existence of a god... you provide any evidence (and i mean any) then we can have a discussion... until then, your opinion is invalid... WHAT CAN BE ASSERTED WITHOUT PROOF CAN BE DISMISSED WITHOUT PROOF... HITCHENS

i really disagree lol, i don't intend to be dramatic at all, i just do nt like fluffy answers, and when it's discussed on a blog about the nature of existence, i feel it's ok for me to really try to explore.

I have posted on this site numerous times that while I have what I understand to be significant EVIDENCE for the existence of God, I can not prove it.

Feel your heart beat and listen to the voice of your love ones and see for yourself that Jesus is real, and that two big rocks colliding in outer space did not and couldn't create you me or anything else on this planet.You see your denial of him will not change his love for you nor his existence.

If there's no objective reality upon which to base your existence, then there's no basis for your moral outrage at any injustice — even your outrage at my perceived intrusion on a * woman's rights *.

If 90 % of the country believed in the tooth fairy and thought we should all live by laws originating in the tooth fairy and run our country according to the tooth fairy's wisdom, you'd probably be on blogs dealing with the tooth fairy and arguing against the use of her existence as a basis for running society.

I know you are trying to be all trendy athiestic, and partially clever — and perhaps patting yourself on the back for your advanced rational approach to your existence.

They say then that it is more simple to believe at once in the eternal pre-existence of the world, as it is now going on, and may for ever go on by the principle of reproduction which we see and witness, than to believe in the eternal pre-existence of an ulterior cause, or Creator of the world, a being whom we see not, and know not, of whose form substance and mode or place of existence, or of action no sense informs us, no power of the mind enables us to delineate or comprehend.

So because you are searching for meaning in life, you create this whole fantasy and dogma to justify your existence on earth?