Sentences with phrase «from pure acts»

In images that Sisto, in the tradition of Philip Guston, originates from pure acts of painting, her self - critical perseverance has produced work that is unique, psychologically complex, and moving.»

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Two and a half centuries later the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in the «Preface to the Second Edition» of his Critique of Pure Reason (1787), appropriated this «Copernican Revolution» in thought for his own shift from the presumed objectivity of what we know to the act of conscious knowing itself.2 It remains a contestable assessment because the movement is precisely in the opposite direction: After Copernicus, we humans are no longer understood to be in the center of the universe, whereas Kant concentrated precisely on the subjectivity of individual knowing.

It is stated that mankind exists in two sexes from the pure untarnished beginning, and that both sexes owe their origin to God's primordial will, are made «of the same stuff», both equally close to God's creative act and equally distant from all that is merely animal.

The assumption hidden in this procedure is that pure and true thought about reality can occur only when it is removed from act and practice follow theory: doing is an extension of knowing.

On the one hand, man ought to have a pure heart, to act only from love of God and neighbor.

In his view faith understands itself as the pure gift of God, a God who is imaged as acting from above and may be thought of by analogy with human persons.

The question, therefore, is whether such a concept of a cause to which the infinite reality of pure act belongs as a factor constituting it without becoming an intrinsic constituent of the entity of the finite cause itself, but in some way remains free, detached from the process of becoming, but provides the real ground of the self - transcending operation of the finite agent itself, is a valid and demonstrable concept, or only a paradoxical and intrinsically self - contradictory construction which can only conceal the fact that our thought has reached an impasse.

The Reformers, in their turn, sought to purify the act of religion by an appeal to faith alone, sola fides, in the assurance that faith was somehow better, more spiritual and pure, when uncoupled from the limits and demands of rational investigation.

(March 30) that his brother is wrong in claiming that one should act in history only from what he calls a «pure love ethic.

Thus it seems that the notions «act of God,» «word of God,» and «future of God» are statements of pure faith and derive their entire meaning from the surrender of our will when it renounces self - determination.

Through that act of pure love, we have to opportunity to be reconciled with God, if we turn away from our mistakes.

In the third century stress fell on defining action as ascetical practice, as «acts» ultimately directed at oneself to purify one of all engagements with the everyday world that distract from pure contemplation.

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When using an MCT that is derived from pure coconut oil, there is a delivery of approximately 30 % Lauric Acid which is, as stated before, an important form of MCT that acts as a slower burning fuel source.

Vibrational energy from the crystal bowls acts as a resonant guide back to wholeness for energy that has lost its natural state and pure tone through mental or physical illness or limitation.

Unlike most other brands that harvest MCT's from palm oil, (a much cheaper and environmentally taxing source), by using pure coconut oil we also deliver approximately 30 % Lauric Acid, an important form of MCT that acts as a slower burning fuel source.

Charcoal (along with pure clay) acts like a magnet to literally draw out deeper impurities — oil, dirt, and anything stemming from pollution in the air (cos there's a lot).

From the opening scene with the atrocious b rated acting and fake police, to the horrible motor - bike scene with the terrible acting kids, this movie was pure rotten.

Atmospheric winter setting, fantastic music by Jeremy Soule (music from Easthaven or Kuldahar is just pure love), really good story and some of the characters had incredible voice acting.

What a tedious film.Over acting, wobbly plot, dialogue at times pure drivel and a laughable ending.It really was poor.The film goes straight into a Cul de Sac and can not get out.Way too much nudity from the metro sexual looking Tilda Swinton.Her androgynous body quite turned my stomach.A redeeming feature was the glorious sunshine and powerful light of Italy.The film meanders, wobbles and finally falls down.Older people like Swinton and Fiennes should really keep their pants on at all times.It is acutely embarrassing when the oldies need to do so much nudity (l suspect it is to appease their insecurity that they might not be physically desirable anymore) Horrible attempt at film making

Smooth camera work that never shies away from the more grotesque moments, strong performances, gracefully patient tension building scenes all lay the groundwork for a third act that is a pure, unadulterated maelstrom.

Lady Bird frets over the made - up nature of her small, conciliatory roles; we see a theater teacher heartbreakingly lose himself in his own acting during an exercise; Lucas Hedges, playing one of Lady Bird's love interests, belts out a few bars of «Giants in the Sky» from Into the Woods in a moment of pure, cringey delight.

And now there's «The Only Living Boy in New York»; even though this new turkey avoids the fantasy and sci - fi elements of those previous films, it's pure Loeb all the way, from the consistently unbelievable dialogue to his favorite screenwriting device, the «shocking» third - act reveal that proves more ludicrous than illuminating.

Kindle Fire is the newest offering from Amazon as the eBook device now acts more like a tablet instead of just a pure eBook reader.

Surprisingly, this victory transforms him from a patrician conservative to a progressive, responsible between 1905 and 1908 for a raft of enlightened legislation, including the Pure Food and Employer Liability acts.

I have believed from it's inception that a completely selfless act of kindness can oly be successful if it's pure — and there is no organization more pure than National Mill Dog Rescue.

The villa's three bedrooms are ideally positioned to look out over the pool and neighbouring rice fields, each with a private terrace or balcony, which makes rising from your super comfortable king - size bed each morning an act of pure delight.

All three of our bedrooms are ideally positioned to look out over the pool and neighbouring rice fields, which makes rising from your super-comfortable bed each morning an act of pure delight.

Taking its inspiration from Mad Max, the arcade action and story of Ashworld takes place in an open world desert wasteland, which is broken up between 3 factions of characters - the good guys, the Ragers (bad guys who find pure enjoyment in acts of death and destruction), and Skellies (essentially nocturnal zombies).

But these hang - ups were rare enough that I could still enjoy the act of smoothly transitioning from one trick to the next and racking up huge scores like I did for so many hundreds of hours in 1999 when I was ten years old, even if these moments of pure enjoyment were never long - lasting.

There is this, too; a good many of the drawings constitute art pure and simple — given a break from acting out psychological dysfunction, they are beautiful.

Absent from any recognizable or representational forms, abstraction could be described as an act of pure creation.

By introducing the simple act of duplication, which he's been doing since the 1980s, Piffaretti introduces a conceptual twist that distances his vibrant work from pure painterly expression.

Standing before Tracey Emin's tiny new paintings in the vast galleries of White Cube Bermondsey, the entire reason for art's existence unfurls: every line is a snatch of emotion, every drip a careful meditation, equal parts memory and fantasy, brought from artist to audience in an act of pure communication.

Those who are spiritually developed do not need specific covenants, they will have rid themselves of the capacity to harm others, and will at all times act from pure volition, with wisdom and without ego.

The approach may be different in relation to countries such as Zimbabwe where a more serious disparity emanates from the intentional acts of the Mugabe regime in refusing aid and discriminating in relation to who receives treatment rather than from pure lack of resources.