The Tao, the ultimate principle of reality, is said to exercise
its influence on nature and man not by active causation but by wu - wei, an untranslatable term for «active inaction» or, as I would prefer, «effective non-interference» or «non-interfering effectiveness.»
Studying weekly cycles — a human concept — in metereological variables is a common point of research, since it allows scientists to examine the level of human
influence on nature.
One describes the source of his angst: «I can't stop worrying about anthropogenic
influence on nature.»
Here, we explore the interrelationships between demographics, economic growth, lifestyle, and human
influence on nature.
Man's
influence on nature is a drop in the ocean.
Another fun way to help your child feel a part of springtime involves bird's nests... how amazing would it be to look around and see your positive
influence on nature!
Not exact matches
Facebook recently released a study in which the company explored the
nature of the
influence technology has had
on holiday shopping around the globe.
Examining the
influence of unconscious bias is by
nature a self - reflective activity - something that has only recently caught fire in boardroom efforts to address disparities, but which has been alive and well in the hearts of accelerators, especially those focused
on women entrepreneurs.
There's just something about the calming
influence of
nature, even if it's just a little bit in a pot
on your desk.
Despite the constantly evolving
nature of search engines and ranking methods, inbound links continue be a significant
influence on website rankings.
The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected
on the simple principles of
nature; It will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the
influence of Heaven, more than those at work upon ships or houses, or laboring in merchandise or agriculture; it will forever be acknowledged that these governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses.
Even St. Augustine, the Saint whose writings had great
influence on the Reformers did not oppose
nature to Grace, but was a synergist in the Apostolic and Patristic Tradition:
We have thought that survival in
nature means increasing our ability to shape the environment while becoming increasingly immune to its
influence on us.
Once again, the debate turns
on the
nature of the
influence exercised by this God of the future.
What would a day be in the Divine circadian cycle of an omnimodal, omnipotent being, 24 hours, 24 billion years, 24 milliseconds??? Nowhere in the Bible coes it say that evolution does not exist within the living realm, but Simon Peter does say that to the I Am»... one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day...» (the Bible DOES recognize the effects of animal husbandry, which is a form of artificially - induced evolution
on livestock species, and narrates accounts of Divine intervention to
influence it, so you can not factually say that it is outside the realm of Divine probability by biblical accounts, as Divine probability contains, by textbook definition, the sum of the laws of
nature.
We can only surmise as to the
nature of the
influence of a pet
on the well - being of its owner.
Our awareness of God is a feeling of absolute dependence, whereas our dependence
on nature is qualified by our ability to
influence the way the world goes.
This viewpoint
on the
nature of power is integral to that tradition of Christian theology which has been heavily
influenced by this traditional metaphysical outlook.
Despite the often considerable differences in their interests, views, and philosophic temperaments, and despite the rather different course of careers and subsequent
influence on the profession of philosophy generally, there remains the common commitment of both to plumbing the depths of the
nature of things, while eschewing nonsense, pretense, fad, and fraud in favor of (as Russell himself might have put the matter) that modest but frequently neglected goal of truth.
Throughgrace and through
nature (for God has made them one economy and one identity in the humanity of Christ) Christ (whether passible
on earth or impassible but living in His Church, His Sacraments, and His People) is an «ecological»
influence if you like, which reaches, especially through us men, into every aspect of creation.
Ford commented briefly
on this idea in The Lure of God, but a decisive shift occurred subsequently when he began to wonder how we can intelligibly speak of «the
influence» of the Consequent
Nature if it can not be prehended.
Keith the verse go and sin no more is a choice the choice is the giver of life Jesus or go and sin no more change the word sin for death.Its our hearts it chooses to sin because it likes to sin thats our
nature and the word is clear that our hearts are deceitfully wicked.How do we overcome by admitting our weakness and asking the holy spirit to help us.That is how i have been able to break sins over my life personally i am powerless in the flesh and i freely admit that but i have the spirit of God at work in my life who is able to raise me above my weakness in him.He empowers us to do that so when you feel weak tell the Lord and ask the holy spirit to help you.The more you rely
on the holy spirit the more you walk in the spirit and the less
influence sin has over you.brentnz
Imagine men awakening at last, under the
influence of the ever - tightening planetary embrace, to a sense of universal solidarity based
on their profound community, evolutionary in its
nature and purpose.
But there is likewise no significant
influence from Dewey, and James enters in only with respect to Whitehead's approval of his views
on the
nature of conscious experience.
Yet, given the logical problems connected with the notion of a finite actual entity somehow prehending the objective integration of the primordial and consequent
natures within God (as indicated above), it makes sense to think of God's
influence on the concrescing actual occasion simply in terms of divine feelings vis - à - vis objective possibilities already present in the world as a common field of activity for God and all finite actual occasions.
The next step is the currently proposed Multilateral Agreement
on Investments which, if enacted, will still further restrict the ability of governments to
influence the
nature of economic activity within their national boundaries.
All of these «Laws» of
nature that you are quoting are in fact not laws at all, the physical pricipals that they rely
on are true, unless thaer is what would be referred to as «outside
influence», such as God.
The organism draws its genes from an enormously variegated gene pool; it develops under the
influence of them and also under those of a probably pretty heterogeneous environment; and, at any given stage of its life, the way its genes and its previous environment have acted up to that point may have considerable effect
on the
nature of the environment to which it will next be subjected — if the animal does not like it here it may migrate someplace else, and so
on.
The main
influence (e.g.,
on my notion of morphogenetic fields) was the idea that
nature should be founded
on the model of the organism and not
on the model of the machine.
Television's managers have exercised a powerful censoring effect
on the expression of religious faith in America, giving them consequentially an exaggerated
influence over the development of American religious culture and institutions and possibly over the
nature of American and even global religious life.
The causation involved in this interaction is causation in a different sense from the
influence of this system of bodily interactions within
nature on the alien mind which thereupon perceives redness and warmth.
So he is able to take the first step
on the way to understanding the essential
nature of the gospels, by recognizing the determinative character of the
influence of early Christian conceptions
on the narratives.
One may suggest at least three topologies that have
influenced modern thinking
on this: Humans above
nature; humans in
nature, and humans with
nature.
For Levine's latest book is, in fact, a cri de coeur from a clinician
on the front lines of the battle between our better
natures — parents» deep and true love and concern for their kids — and our culture's worst competitive and materialistic
influences, all of which she sees played out, day after day, in her private psychology practice in affluent Marin County, Calif..
And these dialectics may vary in their
nature, depending
on the respective power and
influence of the relevant players.
As explained in my neurophilosophical theory of human
nature, humans have the potential to be either moral or immoral, depending
on their self - interest, and will be
influenced in their choices by emotions and socio - cultural contexts.
(1) The
nature of the internal Labour party election and (2) the messages he emphasises as the likely new Labour leader will be the most significant
influences on his standing versus David Cameron.
While the Rockland County Times certainly can not claim credit for our President's «change of heart»
on this vital issue, the many weeks of articles that the Rockland County Times devoted to explaining the critical
nature of this project, which will bring many thousands of high - paying jobs into the New York - New Jersey Metropolitan Area as well as provide a much - needed «ONE - SEAT» train ride from Rockland County directly into Penn station, might have had some small
influence on this favorable outcome!
«Conflict of interest represents a situation where the person exercising a public function has a personal interest of patrimonial or commercial
nature, which could
influence the objective fulfilment of the duties incumbent
on public officers under the Constitution and international standards.»
But democratic systems also have the downside of high cost of periodic elections, the
influence of special interests
on elected leaders and the general lack of a sharp national focus, in some cases, because of the frequent changing of leadership and change of national development plans anytime such changes happen, and also the generally slow
nature of the decision - making process.
It's an open question whether Obama or Trump can wield any
influence on the race, but the dueling presidential messages underscore the fiercely competitive
nature of the Senate contest that has taken
on outsized proportions.
The findings, published
on Jan. 26 in
Nature Communications, are important because the detailed look into Earth's past climate and the factors that
influenced it could help scientists understand how these same factors may
influence our climate today and in the future.
In the long term, the results of the survey are expected to
influence ongoing global conversations about the roles and responsibilities of scientists and engineers in society, help clarify public expectations of scientists and engineers, lead to the development of materials for the education of scientists and engineers, and provide empirical data for consideration when developing specific recommendations
on the
nature and scope of the social responsibilities of scientists and engineers.
In a recent study published in the journal
Nature Communications
on 17 September, John Baines, Saleh Ibrahim and their colleagues of the Inflammation Research Excellence Cluster show that composition of skin microbiota is controlled by the host genome and that skin bacteria may have a greater
influence on inflammatory diseases than previously thought.
These results, which you can read all about in the journal
Nature Geoscience, reveal the
influence of surface processes — largely controlled by climate —
on volcanic activity.
The study, published in
Nature, highlights the real complexity of the genetic interactions that lead to adult organisms» phenotypes (physical forms), helps to explain how natural selection
influences body form and leads towards much more realistic virtual experiments
on evolution.
Whatever the case, the human
influence on the world has become overwhelming and it's high time to take responsibility for
nature in this Anthropocene.
It might even
influence human
nature on a global scale, shaping cultures around the world.
The frying techniques, the
nature of the oil used and the fish species have been shown to exert a great
influence on the changes that take place during the process.
Published in
Nature Neuroscience, this new study lends support to the direct
influence on creativity of genes found in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.