Sentences with phrase «in ancient philosophy»

Heavily entrenched in ancient philosophy and a dissident, questioning Christian theology, he actively seeks catharsis through pain and compassion, a rigorously disciplined quest for ethereal release and enlightenment through an embracing of primal instinct and ancient sacrament.

For Thoomi (Simone Landers), it's a similar loyalty to a loved one; the young Indigenous girl flees her community to try and cure her infected father, trusting in ancient philosophy to restore his soul.

Jim, who refers to himself as a Platonist, was seeking a graduate degree in ancient philosophy at Wisconsin, and Gabe and Trea, 20 months younger, needed to attend a high school.

Aloysius Pieris of Sri Lanka points out that the concept of «liberation» is not new and mentions various perceptions of liberation found in ancient philosophy, Roman theology, religions of Asia, and Marxism.

Ryszard Antoni Legutko is Professor of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, specializing in ancient philosophy and political theory.

Not exact matches

It's not about filling their heads with ancient philosophies and rote facts; it's about filling their hearts with a passion for learning and the desire to make a difference - to make their efforts and their lives meaningful -; both in the near term and in the long run.

He studied Philosophy and Classics at Stanford and has language skills in German, Ancient Greek, and Latin.

Actually, attaching a moral dimension to religious views was not a common attribute in the ancient world, that was the realm of philosophy.

The latter half of the contention, but not the former, is in tune with modern belief; the former, but not the latter, was in tune with ancient belief: that both are valid and inseparable is the hypothesis of a philosophy that tries for a stand beyond the quarrel of the ancients and the moderns.»

However, in this attack it appeals to postmodern philosophy rather than to ancient wisdom.

When however to the legacy of criticisms ancient and near - modern there is added the firm acceptance of evolutionary philosophies of materialism or idealism contradictory in trend to Christian teaching, then every new difficulty, every fresh confusion of unabsorbed knowledge, every apparent retreat of conscious mind before reflex conditioned action, is taken as a new refutation of traditional Christian belief.

Clearly the elevation of non-pathos was not limited to Stoic writings; it permeates much of ancient Greek philosophy in general.

The scholars who study Islamic culture today point out that the chief factors which have influenced contemporary Arab Muslim society are: the Western ideas which penetrated Arab society through education and increased contact with the West, socialist concepts which have spread throughout the world, communist doctrines which challenge religion in general, the expansion of university education, the admission of Muslim women to higher education, the study of ancient and modern philosophy in the universities, and the modern Muslim movements which have been so influential.

In any event, developed Christian theology rejected nothing good in the metaphysics, ethics, or method of ancient philosophy, but — with a kind of omnivorous glee — assimilated such elements as served its ends, and always improved them in the procesIn any event, developed Christian theology rejected nothing good in the metaphysics, ethics, or method of ancient philosophy, but — with a kind of omnivorous glee — assimilated such elements as served its ends, and always improved them in the procesin the metaphysics, ethics, or method of ancient philosophy, but — with a kind of omnivorous glee — assimilated such elements as served its ends, and always improved them in the procesin the process.

For Hart, the ancients in every religious tradition got philosophy so right that there is little left to be said about the intellectual foundation of theism.

We may not be happy with the particular fashion in which this conviction was expressed in the several classical formulations; we may seek for and hope to find a way of stating this conviction which does not depend upon the philosophy of ancient Greek thinkers.

Mathematics, philosophy, rhetoric, science, and literature, all were developed in that region before ancient rome and greece.

Kristol's concern with the shaping of the soul of man under the influence of various regimes was reflected also in his interest in the insights of ancient political philosophy, and particularly in Leo Strauss» efforts to recover those insights.

Your statement that the bible is «an ancient collection of letters, laws, poetry, proverbs, histories, prophecies, philosophy and stories spanning multiple genres and assembled over thousands of years in cultures very different from our own.»

The Bible is an ancient collection of letters, laws, poetry, proverbs, histories, prophecies, philosophy and stories spanning multiple genres and assembled over thousands of years in cultures very different from our own.

What those ancient Greeks (who also had some understanding of philosophy) regarded as a task for a whole lifetime, seeing that dexterity in doubting is not acquired in a few days or weeks, what the veteran combatant attained when he had preserved the equilibrium of doubt through all the pitfalls he encountered, who intrepidly denied the certainty of sense - perception and the certainty of the processes of thought, incorruptibly defied the apprehensions of self - love and the insinuations of sympathy — that is where everybody begins in our time.

The ground to be covered in this volume includes discussions of the biblical, historical and patristic understandings of the love of God and human love as they encounter both ancient and contemporary theology and philosophy.

The Need for a New Synthesis In our new world of scientific insight it is no good relying on the unmodified philosophy of the ancient Greeks with its abstract notion of truth and static concept of nature.

There was no separation from the divine, art and philosophy in ancient times.

In the Divinity School I serve in the division of Philosophical Ethics, where I teach courses on my usual topics» ancient Greek philosophy, modern moral and political philosophy, theories of the emotionIn the Divinity School I serve in the division of Philosophical Ethics, where I teach courses on my usual topics» ancient Greek philosophy, modern moral and political philosophy, theories of the emotionin the division of Philosophical Ethics, where I teach courses on my usual topics» ancient Greek philosophy, modern moral and political philosophy, theories of the emotions.

On the one hand, he commends poetry as providing an introduction to philosophy (in the ancient sense of a quest for wisdom to live a life that flourishes).

In ancient Greece there was a widespread popular teaching of philosophy, with Cynics, Stoics, and Epicureans preaching a rule of life.

Today the question would not be asked in the same terms, and the ancient answer, framed in the concepts of contemporary philosophy, is of little direct help to us.

She frequently hints that Catholicism is still rooted in the ancient, pagan philosophies the medieval doctors drew on.

Having said that, all the discoveries in Science was accidental and it went beyond logic, something that touches the sub-conscious, so the relation to the ancient teaching of Yogic philosophy.

You sciency - types do nt abandon your worldview even though the ancient greek scientific philosophy that we base our western scientific tradition on, arose in a society founded on the belief in 12 capricious anthropomorphic gods, an animistic «universe», and an unshakeable belief in the idea of «fate».

Substantively, what do its partisans contend for that is not available somewhere in ancient or modern philosophy?

She says «The Bible is an ancient collection of letters, laws, poetry, proverbs, histories, prophecies, philosophy and stories spanning multiple genres and assembled over thousands of years in cultures very different from our own.»

in considering ancient philosophies as ways of life, too often obscures their substance.

But his narrative wobbles most of all in the description of Christianity's link to ancient philosophy, a relationship that is both closer and more remote than the author allows.

This tradition was rooted ultimately in the sophistic, skeptical and hedonistic strands of ancient Greek philosophy, but took its modern form initial in the theoretical writings of Thomas Hobbes.

The fledgling religion presented itself not only as a philosophy, in the ancient sense of the term, but as the philosophy.

Other groups were the Scotists using the works of the philosopher Duns Scotus, championed by the Franciscans; the Thomists using the texts of Thomas Aquinas, championed by the Dominicans — Aquinas had worked philosophy and religion into a great single Summa, transposing Aristotle into the context of Christian theology under the influence of Augustine and Bernard, in which fides quaerens intellectum, faith seeking understanding, was integrated organically with philosophy; finally there was also a via antiqua, the ancient way, which was centred on Plato, but was also used to describe the Thomists.

Kind of like people who would keep the ancient writings from the commonfolk in this day and age, in order to maintain their own view of the world, rather than allow all philosophies to circulate so that folk can choose.

Although Isabel reads widely in philosophy, and although she lives in a country where» however much territory secularization has claimed» there are still abundant vestiges of Christian belief, not to mention people who continue to practice that ancient faith, she seems almost never to think about such matters.

Adamson knows this, but admirably proceeds to outline three areas of philosophy that are often overlooked in the hustle of contemporary academic discourse: «Hellenistic philosophy» (the inheritance of Plato and Aristotle), «late antique philosophy among pagans, and ancient Christian philosophy.»

For him it is more important, for the sake of contemporary philosophy, to discover the alternative solutions of these problems, and the arguments given in their support, than to locate old discussions in ancient contexts.

The Vantra philosophy is to make a difference in the world by bringing together ecological sustainability, compassionate lifestyles, harmonious social life, ancient dietary principles and advanced modern nutrition.

Re-reading Plato and Aristotle has made me to realise that by neglecting ancient philosophies and being preoccupied with neo-liberal thinking stemming from utilitarian philosophies have led us to a major crisis in our political and governmental affairs.

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funds world - class, independent researchers in a wide range of subjects: ancient history, modern dance, archaeology, digital content, philosophy, English literature, design, the creative and performing arts, and much more.

Dr Catharine Abell, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Manchester Dr Arif Ahmed, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Cambridge David Archard, Professor of Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast Helen Beebee, Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy, University of Manchester Simon Blackburn, former Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge, and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, UNC - Chapel Hill Margaret A. Boden, Research Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex Dr Stephen Burwood, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Hull Dr Peter Cave, Lecturer in Philosophy, Open University Andrew Chitty, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sussex Michael Clark, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham Antony Duff, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Stirling John Dupré, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Exeter Dr Nicholas Everitt, Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of East Anglia Simon Glendinning, Professor of European Philosophy, LSE C. Grayling, philosopher and Master of the New College of the Humanities Dr Peter King, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Oxford Dr Brendan Larvor, Reader in Philosophy and Head of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire Dr Stephen Law, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Heythrop College, University of London Ardon Lyon, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, City University London H. Mellor, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge Peter Millican, Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford Richard Norman, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Kent Eric Olson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy, King's College London Derek Parfit, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford Duncan Pritchard, Professor and Chair in Epistemology, University of Edinburgh Janet Radcliffe Richards, Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Oxford Jonathan Rée, philosopher and author Theodore Scaltsas, Professor and Chair of Ancient Philosophy, University of Edinburgh Peter Simons, Professor of Philosophy, Chair of Moral Philosophy and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin Tom Sorell, Professor of Politics and Philosophy, University of Warwick Dr Tanja Staehler, Reader in Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Sussex Thomas Uebel, Professor of Philosophy, University of Manchester Dr Nigel Warburton, philosopher and author Keith Ward, Regius Professor Emeritus of Divinity, University of Oxford John White, Emeritus Professor of the Philosophy of Education, Institute of Education, University of London Stephen Wilkinson, Professor of Bioethics, Lancaster University RE professionals (other than teachers):

There were two distinct hearts, and hence two souls, based on the ancient Greek philosophy of Empedocles, who believed the soul resided in the heart.

Michael Haar, professor of contemporary philosophy at the University of Paris, struggles in The Song of the Earth with the ancient problem of being.

I have great interest in ancient history and philosophy, as well as modern politics, and I enjoy reading and watching documentaries about them in my free time.

Not only is there a place, there is a need for introducing ancient practices and philosophies in a modern context.