Sentences with phrase «in classical times»

Their modes of thinking, considered in classical times to be the pinnacle of human achievement, are largely responsible for the shape that the Christian religion took.

Both in the classical times and in modern years, some controversies between scientists take a very long time to be resolved.

Both the Analects and Mencius are translated by E. R. Hughes in Chinese Philosophy in Classical Times, an Everyman edition which has the advantage of including the writings of Taoism, of Mohism, and other writings Hughes found useful in his courses in Chinese thought, together with his introductory notes.

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But then again, the father of classical economics, Adam Smith, wasn't an «economist» (as «economics» wasn't a distinct academic field in his times) but a professor of moral philosophy at Glasgow University.

As it happens, the Times Literary Supplement gave the book to the philosopher Anthony Kenny to review, perhaps because he could never be accused of any parti pris in this debate, since he has in the past leveled his own severe criticisms against classical Christian theism for relying on an «outdated Aristotelian cosmology.»

That last fact points to the decline of interest in classical music, but also to the related drive to make Something Serious out of rock n» roll, out of old - time folk, out of the blues, etc..

This long discussion of so - called classical theism in its Christian version will have served its purpose if it helps us to understand the reason for the violent antitheistic movements of recent times and to see why some serious thinkers have even said that God is dead.

In a word, the character of our student clientele and the changes within scholarship alike make our adherence to the classical paradigm of the historical - critical method problematic, and invite us to think of new ways in which to engage our students in critical reflection on materials they may be meeting for the very first timIn a word, the character of our student clientele and the changes within scholarship alike make our adherence to the classical paradigm of the historical - critical method problematic, and invite us to think of new ways in which to engage our students in critical reflection on materials they may be meeting for the very first timin which to engage our students in critical reflection on materials they may be meeting for the very first timin critical reflection on materials they may be meeting for the very first time.

In Elijah, however, the Word becomes more consciously an instrumental entity, and for the first time (in the narratives of I Kings 17 - 19; 21) we suspect a Contemporaneous apprehension by a prophet of the Word that is substantially the Word of classical prophetisIn Elijah, however, the Word becomes more consciously an instrumental entity, and for the first time (in the narratives of I Kings 17 - 19; 21) we suspect a Contemporaneous apprehension by a prophet of the Word that is substantially the Word of classical prophetisin the narratives of I Kings 17 - 19; 21) we suspect a Contemporaneous apprehension by a prophet of the Word that is substantially the Word of classical prophetism.

In the classical metaphysics all temporal things are something less than real, because in being - itself all time and process are overcomIn the classical metaphysics all temporal things are something less than real, because in being - itself all time and process are overcomin being - itself all time and process are overcome.

And not only when we compare it with the setting of the life of Stone Age men, but also when we measure it by the framework within which the Church itself lived in those earlier times which constituted the classical periods of the Church's life and teaching.

In contrast to the classical tradition, he declares that truth is not found in the unchanging essences lying behind the flow of time, but is essentially historical and ultimately eschatologicaIn contrast to the classical tradition, he declares that truth is not found in the unchanging essences lying behind the flow of time, but is essentially historical and ultimately eschatologicain the unchanging essences lying behind the flow of time, but is essentially historical and ultimately eschatological.

Lest the reader suppose that only classical authors can be faulted for Scripture - twisting, let me hasten to give an example of it in the most avant - garde liberal theology at the present time.

For something / someone to cause something else, that something would have had to exist before it in time, if we go by the classical definition of the word «cause».

The atom is not just inaccessible to direct observation and unimaginable in terms of sensory qualities; it can not even be described coherently in terms of classical concepts such as space, time and causality.

There we find, in the classical atomic theory, the first appearance of the idea that space is a neutral insulator; and at about the same time, the antithetic view that it is a perfect superconductor.

«63 The method was apologetic: the Christian view was set in opposition to the classical Greek view (meaning for history is found in a changeless realm of ideas) and the modern view (both time and history are self - explanatory).

Socially and politically, modern secularism has in our time ended up a ghastly reflection of the classical sacralism it initially rejected.

(i) in classical or relativistic mechanics, mass is only assessed in the context of possible accelerations, which in turn require the context of a continuous time interval;

That is not to say that this is a time of ascendency of the classical Judeo - Christian western religious institutions, but rather that a vast new interest in and experimentation in a whole new range f religious options may be identified.

The French dramatic theorist Antonin Artaud, in speaking about the French classical theater, which had become formal and aloof from the issues of human hope, wrote, «In the anguished, catastrophic period in which we live, we feel an urgent need for a theater in which events do not exceed, where resonance is deep within us, dominating the instability of the times.&raquin speaking about the French classical theater, which had become formal and aloof from the issues of human hope, wrote, «In the anguished, catastrophic period in which we live, we feel an urgent need for a theater in which events do not exceed, where resonance is deep within us, dominating the instability of the times.&raquIn the anguished, catastrophic period in which we live, we feel an urgent need for a theater in which events do not exceed, where resonance is deep within us, dominating the instability of the times.&raquin which we live, we feel an urgent need for a theater in which events do not exceed, where resonance is deep within us, dominating the instability of the times.&raquin which events do not exceed, where resonance is deep within us, dominating the instability of the times.»

In accordance with classical mechanics and according to the special theory of relativity, space (space - time) has an existence independent of matter or field.

But it exhibits the same relatively stable identity in space and time which is meant by the term substance in classical thought.

As normally understood, a classical Turing machine reads one symbol at a time, and in terms of its current state and the symbol read takes an action, which may be to erase, print a new symbol, or move to the right or left one space, after which it goes to a new (or the same) state.

They were, he avers, operating out of classical Lutheran theology that was decisively shaped by the orthodox Lutheran Franz Lau, who, at the crucial time of the church struggle with the state in 1952, wrote a book entitled Luther's Doctrine of the Two Realms.

Other classical writers have spoken of prayer as «the attentive presence of God» — putting ourselves with attention in the presence of him who is always with us but is not thus attended to all the time.

Students had to show proficiency in Latin and Greek for admission and spent much of their time reciting classical authors.

It might be argued that all scientific inquiry, whether classical or contemporary, presupposes, perhaps in the sense that it makes some assumption with regard to, a theory of space and time structure, and that it obviously may be either an absolutist or a relational position.

The ecumenical conversations between the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity distinguished three contemporary Reformed attitudes toward the Roman Catholic Church: of those who remain unconvinced that the Catholic Church has actually dealt with the fundamental issues that divided Rome and the Reformation, those who «have not been challenged or encouraged to reconsider their traditional stance» and remain «largely untouched by the ecumenical exchanges of recent times,» and those who have engaged «in a fresh constructive and critical evaluation both of the contemporary teaching and practice of the Roman Catholic Church and of the classical controverted issues.»

«Secondly, he knows quite a lot about classical music; Goldie listens to and has performed some classical music in his time and he's even composed a piece for the proms.

Thus the first principle of providence is the conquest of the passingness of time and the continual creation and recreation of each creature through the creative power of God: or, as it was put in the classical tradition, the first element of providence is the preservation of the creature over.

The modern dimension of this wager is that our time is so obviously divorced from the time of Jesus, or, at least, our world and history is clearly estranged from the classical world of Christendom, with the consequence that to choose the traditional form of Christ is either to set oneself against the contemporary world or to decide that the actuality of one's time and situation can have no bearing upon one's faith in Christ.

In the classical approaches of the past as well as in the continuation of those traditions in present times, philosophy has taken a prominent place as the science most congenial to theological enterprisIn the classical approaches of the past as well as in the continuation of those traditions in present times, philosophy has taken a prominent place as the science most congenial to theological enterprisin the continuation of those traditions in present times, philosophy has taken a prominent place as the science most congenial to theological enterprisin present times, philosophy has taken a prominent place as the science most congenial to theological enterprise.

It means the Word of God, initiated by God, irresistibly breaking into the life and work of men from Moses» time on and with peculiar, sustained potency in the classical prophets.

In the eyes of a philosopher, time has acquired in classical physics a strangely ambiguous characteIn the eyes of a philosopher, time has acquired in classical physics a strangely ambiguous charactein classical physics a strangely ambiguous character.

Everything of enduring significance that ancient Israel became, believed, and proclaimed is ultimately influenced not only by what actually occurred in the time of the exodus, but by the story of the exodus — the story as it was first remembered and repeated; the story as it assumed relatively fixed classical forms in different areas, in the North or South; the story as its multiple versions, written and oral, were compared, mutually «corrected,» and finally composed into the single, unified narrative that is before us now.

But whereas in Athens he had stayed only a short time, just long enough to become known in the agora and to make his classical apology on Mars» Hill, which gave him a few believers who became the nucleus of the Athenian church, he remained in Corinth for a year and a half.

«Classical music was rooted in the native folk music of the time,» he says.

Linguistically the word evangelical is rooted in the Greek word evangelion and refers to those who preach and practice the good news; historically the word refers to those renewing groups in the church which from time to time have called the church back to the evangel; theologically it refers to a commitment to classical theology as expressed in the Apostles» Creed; and sociologically the word is used of various contemporary groupings of culturally conditioned evangelicals (i.e., fundamentalist evangelicals, Reformed evangelicals, Anabaptist evangelicals, conservative evangelicals).

In this latter area Martin found time to become closely acquainted with a selection of classical authors, long sequences of whose work he had off by heart, due to his remarkable gift of memory.

Nahum 1 - 3, Zephaniah 1 - 3 and Habakkuk 1 - 3 are the 7th century prophets who continue the tradition of classical prophetism in the uncertain time of Babylon's ascendancy.

Thus in 1962, at the time of their marriage, Tudor, 43 to Tenley's 26, was a socially distinguished 43 - year - old wrestling brute of a classical philologist.

The results of a study showed that listening to classical compositions by arguably the most famous classical music composer of all time was seen to improve performance of certain mental tasks in the short term.

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In his spare time, David enjoys classical music and sings regularly with Brighton Festival Chorus at concert venues across the UK.

«Liberal» in USA has several meanings, mainly, either (1) «classical liberal» (which in USA is typically branded as «libertarianism» - although it's still called plain «liberalism» in Europe where the term originated); and, wholly independently, (2) «political liberal» - which is a self - made late 20th century [1] rebrand of what used to be called «progressive» (and can be loosely branded «left wing» at times, but personally I absolutely abhore single - axis left / right positioning) position.

«Our research shows for the first time that classical systems such as artificial spin ice can be designed to demonstrate topological ordered phases, which previously have been found only in quantum conditions,» said Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Cristiano Nisoli, leader of the theoretical group that collaborated with an experimental group at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, led by Peter Schiffer (now at Yale University).

Although the chat was not completely secure from hacking, it was about a million times as secure as what's possible with standard, or classical types of encryption, says Rupert Ursin, a physicist at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Vienna and a member of the Austrian team.

In the quantum world, physicists study the tiny particles that make up our classical world — neutrons, electrons, photons — either one at a time or in small numbers because the behaviour of the particles is completely different on such a small scalIn the quantum world, physicists study the tiny particles that make up our classical world — neutrons, electrons, photons — either one at a time or in small numbers because the behaviour of the particles is completely different on such a small scalin small numbers because the behaviour of the particles is completely different on such a small scale.

Such states differ from classical bits of information in a computer, recorded as either a 0 or 1; a quantum bit is both 0 and 1 at the same time.