Sentences with phrase «general order of the universe»

But it is by this initial aim that the general order of the universe is sustained, and likewise all the more special societies that constitute our world.

Not exact matches

The «running down» of the physical universe is interpreted as a general decay of the patterns of prehensions now dominant; new societies defined by new types of order, now perhaps sporadically foreshadowed, will arise in another cosmic epoch.

With that said, I think they do want the general belief in God, a general sense that goodness orders the universe, that love and peace and joy are all good things, that human rights actually matter, and that we can experience some sort of mystical communion with God / the universe / whatever through spirituality.

On the one hand, within this conception of an ordered universe, Maximus clearly accepts the general teachings of Dionysius regarding the hierarchical structure and the transmission of grace and illumination.

Polkinghorne's discussion of the resurrection focuses, in contrast, on general philosophical arguments to the effect that «in order to confirm... the claim that the integrity of personal experience itself, based as it is in the significance and value of individual men and women and the ultimate and total intelligibility of the universe, requires that there be an eternal ground of hope who is the giver and preserver of human individuality and the eternally faithful Carer for creation.»

It augments the general drive for good; it contributes, as we may dare to say, to the energies of love that are at God's disposal in his ordering of the onward movement of creative advance in the universe.

I believe we are experiencing in the West right now an upheaval comparable to that which the fourth century produced, with the end of the Roman order and the general spread of Christianity: the moment when the ancient world was plunged into another world, another society, another conception of the universe.

Before publishing his laser paper, Einstein tweaked the equations of his brand - new general theory of relativity in order to better explain the universe (details in Part 1).