Sentences with phrase «human qualities of these men»

I believe we would discover that the human qualities of these men would assist thousands of the down - and - out with their specific life problems — employment, housing, child - rearing, crime, drugs — and would significantly relieve the national plagues of millions of dispossessed, angry and disengaged citizens.

Not exact matches

These it takes as the conditions for nurturing «qualities of mind and character» (ICC 25) that have enabled and should again serve to enable «generations of men and women to grasp a vision of the good life, a life of responsible citizenship and human decency» (ICC 6).

When this philosophic dimension is admitted, the natural sciences become prime sources of knowledge of man, not only in respect to those material properties shared with the nonhuman world, but also in respect to the uniquely human qualities of mind and spirit.

By way of contrast, the worth of a man for Jesus is not determined by his human quality or the character of his spiritual life, but simply by the decision the man makes in the here - and - now of his present life.

The reality of human sexuality is a patent fact; and it would seem to be intimately tied in with man's total organic movement, which as we have seen includes his physiology, biology, and psychology, as well as his appreciative (and hence his aesthetic), valuational, and feeling qualities.

Nevertheless, the classical humanistic tradition, with its emphasis on the common distinctive qualities of man, provides stronger support for the democratic ideal of human equality than does evolutionary naturalism, with its concern for the continuity of man with the lower forms of life.

Just as physics reveals little of significance about man until one reflects on the enterprises of science and technology, so scientific psychology, aiming to out - do physics in objective rigor, can yield little insight about man until the distinctive human quality of self - awareness is acknowledged as an essential factor in psychological inquiry.

In A Process Christology, David R. Griffin notes the same difficulties we have raised about these proposals: «They have not made use of the notion that the content of God's ideal aims for men varies... If this notion of Whitehead's is not used, the resulting Christology has a somewhat Pelagian quality, suggesting that Jesus» specialness is due solely to human initiative — if Jesus was God's decisive revelation, this did not result even partially from any special activity on God's part in any sense.

The significance of Whiteheadian thought for an understanding of the nature of man lies in its ability to justify many of qualities necessary to the dignity of the human being, such as freedom, self - respect, self - creation, and responsibility.

I maintained that, contrary to the commonly expressed or tacitly accepted view, the era of active evolution did not end with the appearance of the human zoological type: for by virtue of his acquirement of the gift of individual reflection Man displays the extraordinary quality of being able to totalize himself collectively upon himself, thus extending on a planetary scale the fundamental vital process which causes matter, under Certain conditions, to organize itself in elements which are ever more complex physically, and psychologically ever more centrated.

The enjoyment of being occurs when man responds in gratitude and trust to God and by reproducing in his relations with his human companions the quality and intention of the divine love.

But as men became more and more aware of moral principles and as their thinking was «rationalized», the way in which the sacred was understood, the way in which men came to interpret the more - than - human, was in terms of love and of «persuasion» (as Whitehead put it), although it never lost the awesome quality which evoked from them worship and adoration.

The holiness of Yahweh is at once distinct and radiant.4 This quality which removes Yahweh from man as the heavens are removed from the earth conveys at the same time his immediate impingement, his «historicity,» his self - disclosure in human life and human community, his «in - the - midst - ness» (notice the repeated phrase throughout the book of Isaiah, «the holy one of Israel»).

Thus, even though all men are sinners before God, sin is not a universal characteristic of the existence of man or of human nature such as corporeality, nor is it some magical or mysterious quality of the sinner.

The fulfillment of personality is thus a form of communion, whether it be with the God a man worships; or with nature under some aspect; or through intimate communication with ideal things, the inexhaustible quality of beauty or truth that pervades the universe; or with some cause that calls into action all one's powers; or even with things of lesser significance so long as they satisfy the human craving for union.

It has to do with a quality, discernible in that human character, which confronts us with a claim to our worship: in response to which it is not absurd, as it would be in the case of other men, to exclaim «My Lord and my God».

It is within the human spirit that the voice of Christ sounds and the dead rise to a new life which is eternal; there, in quality of living, men pass «out of death into life»; there, as the first Johannine Epistle puts it, «He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.»

Yet, unique species though they be, hobbits are human, and through them Tolkien reminds us of the enduring qualities of the race of man: friendship, fidelity, vision and hope; and of something more: that we are all possessed of wonder, that we have the capacity to dream dreams and envision noble goals, and that in the struggle to realize the vision we may find it true.

The simple pages of Genesis reveal in sheer majesty both the original plan of God, and the qualities of human nature in that beginning, and what could, and did befall if man ate of the tree of the experience of sin: the harmony with God is destroyed, and the tyrannical power of the soul in man, if man adores himself as his sole centre of life and meaning, is to bring into the flesh a storm of unruly desire and addictive greed.

A pervasive quality in human life which everywhere sets before all men a standard of better conduct and ideals — here is clearly that concept which has played a very large part in the social and political life of the Western world under the name of natural law.

«In judging our progress as individuals, we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... but internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being: humility, purity, generosity, absence of vanity and readiness to serve our fellow men — qualities within the reach of every human soul.»

As «man's best friend» and closest companion animal, the researchers believe that the latest results may offer a new piece of the puzzle over the reported significant decline in human semen quality — a controversial subject which scientists continue to debate.

They point out that poor semen quality «is the leading cause of unsuccessful attempts to achieve pregnancy and one of the most common medical problems among young men... it has been suggested as an important marker of male health, predicting both morbidity and mortality... it is sensitive to environmental exposures, including endocrine disrupting chemicals, heat and life - style factors, such as diet... Therefore, it can provide a sensitive marker of the impacts of modern environment on human health.»

I am an intelligent, kind - hearted, honest, God fearing, loving and an emotionally and physically healthy human being in search of a man with same or similar qualities.

Released in theatres on August 24,1966, «Fantastic Voyage» was not only a film of authentic wonder but a science fiction masterpiece with amazing special effects... the team enters the body of a man where they see first hand the oceans of life within the human body that contains the «corpuscles», «the heart», «the lungs» and other features of the human body through which the crew move through are exquisitely designed in great detail with artistic quality.

Star Trek: Nemesis pits man against himself in a battle of shared genetics and lifetime experiences arguing that the aspiration to be a better person may be a human quality, but acting on that potential is an individual choice.

In both situations there is a conflict between a free - spirited nurturing tolerant woman and an egotistical repressive man, and there is a conflict between the religious establishment and a human quality of kindness and tolerance which may seem to be at odds with each other.

These qualities are broadly accepted: that they are whimsical, capricious, wanton; that they can move at high speed, alter their size and form, and grant many of the wishes of mortal men and women should they so choose, or if by coercion they are obliged to do so; and that their sense of time differs radically from that of human beings.

Revealing her innate understanding of the human condition, Williams ensures many of mankind's less attractive qualities and foibles jostle for space alongside our more noble traits — the pride, arrogance and recklessness of the men aboard ship are juxtaposed with acts of astonishing bravery, empathy, loyalty, friendship and love.

Dogs, unlike humans, do not always get «squishy, jiggly» fat on their ribs, they often get this very solid type of fat (men with beer bellies often have this quality... it's not a jiggly belly but somewhat solid).

Hamilton has made multimedia installations with stunning qualities and quantities of materials: a room lined with small canvas dummies, a table spread with human and animal teeth, the artist herself wearing a man's suit covered in a layer of thousands of toothpicks.

His large, usually dark canvases call to mind the natural world and the primordial American landscape, simultaneously wonderful and terrifying and their torn, gestural quality speaks to the classic Abstract Expressionist themes of struggle and the human condition, of man against the void.

3) Magenheimer's video work, Best is Man's Best Quality, a portion of the artist's 2017 solo show at The Kitchen Gallery, I Collect Neglected Venoms, explores abstracted narratives and explicates the dissassociation between body and verbal signifiers from the perspective of an ancient jellyfish as he contemplates his capacity to inflict pain on the human form.