Sentences with phrase «from the concrete toward»

The child moves from the concrete toward abstract understanding.

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In the next day's briefing, Sanders added conditions to the meeting — North Korea had to take concrete steps toward denuclearization — acting as though nothing had changed from the day before.

And since repentance involves concrete acts of turning away from the old and toward the new, we are to behave like family, the family that God created through baptism.

This incident marked a major turning point in Buber's theological understanding, a turning away from otherworldly ecstasy and a turning toward the concrete other whom God has sent.

Apocalyptic is only a step from, and points toward, forms of perception in which the indefinite infinite swallows up the concrete act or person.

In contrast to the aesthetic order implicit in Kukai's view of nature and contemporary science and process thought, the «logical order» of mainline Christianity characterized by Ames assumes: (1) preassigned patterns of relatedness, a blueprint» wherein unity is prior to plurality, and plurality is a «fall» from unity; (2) values concrete particularity only to the degree it mirrors this preassigned pattern of relatedness; (3) reduces particulars to only those aspects needed to illustrate the given pattern, which necessarily entails moving away from concrete particulars toward the universal; (4) interprets nature as a closed system of predetermined specifications, and therefore reducible to quantitative description; (5) characterizes being as necessity, creativity as conformity, and novelty as defect; and (6) views «rightness» as the degree of conformity to preassigned patterns (NAT 116).

According to Roger Ames (NAT 117), an «aesthetic order» is a paradigm that: (1) proposes plurality as prior to unity and disjunction to conjunction, so that all particulars possess real and unique individuality; (2) focuses on the unique perspective of concrete particulars as the source of emergent harmony and unity in all interrelationships; (3) entails movement away from any universal characteristic to concrete particular detail; (4) apprehends movement and change in the natural order as a processive act of «disclosure» — and hence describable in qualitative language; (5) perceives that nothing is predetermined by preassigned principles, so that creativity is apprehended in the natural order, in contrast to being determined by God or chance; and (6) understands «rightness» to mean the degree to which a thing or event expresses, in its emergence toward novelty as this exists in tension with the unity of nature, an aesthetically pleasing order.

He points out that the most recent model leans away from the concern for concrete mechanical effects characteristic of the transmission model and leans toward what is loosely termed the ritualistic model more akin to anthropology and other cultural studies.

Although in fact there is no reason why the transmission model could not be used for much of this research - as it is, for instance, in studying the effects of pornography on youth - the preponderant model leans away from the concern for concrete mechanical effects characteristic of the transmission model and leans toward what is loosely termed the ritualistic model.

There is no obedience to God in a vacuum so to speak, no obedience separate from the concrete situation in which I stand as a man among men, no obedience which is directed immediately toward God.

The conference will also initiate moves away from rhetoric and false starts toward concrete, cumulative and comprehensive public policy thrusts for change.

In more concrete terms, we need to move from a system based on seat time and credit hours toward one based on competencies and mastery.

The debut of his new project, Projects / Projects, marks a departure from a labored, self - referential, concrete - object - making practice toward a more conceptual, outsourced approach that engages broad cultural themes.

His richly worked paintings of maps, flags and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism and toward a new emphasis on the concrete.

But as I drove toward Marfa from the south and saw Judd's giant concrete boxes lined up along the road, and beyond them two enormous brick buildings with gleaming, rounded corrugated metal roofs, I felt as if I'd just woken up.

From a pelt made of keys to a concrete tube lined with shag carpet, the new exhibition in Target Gallery, the contemporary exhibition space for the Torpedo Factory Art Center, turns an eye toward the future of textile art.

His richly worked paintings of maps, flags, and targets helped shift the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism and toward a new emphasis on the concrete, setting the stage for both Pop Art and Minimalism.

Safa» Al Jayoussi, Executive Director / IndyACT, said: «Concrete steps were taken in this year's COP23, now we need to move this into action toward pre-2020 ambition on the local and subregional level, especially from the Arab Region were the extreme weather events are hitting very hard with highest temperature has been recorded in multiple locations this year, our region is the most vulnerable yet have the most renewable energy opportunities that are barely tackled yet.»

The campaign to put a price on carbon in DC is winnable, concrete and would allow us to make a substantive contribution toward moving our society away from fossil fuels.

So I need something more concrete from you — I need you to crystallize / ground this «overhaul» of yours with one or two specific steps which you (or this LSUC Committee) would recommend toward improving litigation and access to justice in the Ontario personal injury context.

• Demonstrated expertise in reading and interpreting blueprints and ensuring that all construction work procedures are properly aligned to them • Hands - on experience in performing construction work according to specified building codes and state - specified procedures • Documented success in erecting structures and handling demolition work by following safety procedures • Qualified to mix concrete and cement in prescribed consistencies and pouring them in a safe and accurate manner • Skilled in leveling concrete and earth using trowels and shovels and other construction tools • Highly skilled in operating jackhammers and drills to break up concrete and pavement and place, consolidate and protect case - in - place masonry structures • Proficient in cleaning and preparing construction sites by removing debris and hazardous materials and ensuring that constructional materials are properly loaded and unloaded from delivery trucks • Competent in controlling passing traffic by erecting traffic cones and signaling vehicles toward diverted routes • Proven ability to perform physically taxing work such as digging ditches and trenches using shovels and picks • Demonstrated ability to operate pneumatic hammers, vibrators and tampers to provide logistical assistance with construction projects • Proven record of carefully demolishing structures by using allowed explosives in a safe manner