Sentences with phrase «influence on the nature»

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.
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