Sentences with phrase «inherent parts of being human»

One of the inherent parts of being human is a general dissatisfaction with where we are.

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But apart from all this, and in spite of the fact that «work» and the satisfaction of wants has usually engaged the greater part of the attention of mankind, there is another form of activity, peculiar to human beings, that does not suffer from the defects inherent in «work» and the satisfaction of wants: «play.»

If we are to avoid the threat and attain the promises inherent in the culminating phase of this epoch in world history, our requirement is a massive transformation of ideas, attitudes, commitments, and goals on the part of human beings around the globe.

Oh, the Calvinists could make perfect sense of it all with a wave of a hand and a swift, confident explanation about how Zarmina had been born in sin and likely predestined to spend eternity in hell to the glory of an angry God (they called her a «vessel of destruction»); about how I should just be thankful to be spared the same fate since it's what I deserve anyway; about how the Asian tsunami was just another one of God's temper tantrums sent to remind us all of His rage at our sin; about how I need not worry because «there is not one maverick molecule in the universe» so every hurricane, every earthquake, every war, every execution, every transaction in the slave trade, every rape of a child is part of God's sovereign plan, even God's idea; about how my objections to this paradigm represented unrepentant pride and a capitulation to humanism that placed too much inherent value on my fellow human beings; about how my intuitive sense of love and morality and right and wrong is so corrupted by my sin nature I can not trust it.

What I gleaned from these pages, in part, is that for Kierkegaard the roots of the comic lie in the inherent contradictoriness of human nature: soul and body, freedom and necessity, the angelic and the bestial, eternity and temporality, and so on.

Did you ever think when you are typing words, gathering your thoughts, deciding / choosing what to say, and using the best intellect you can find in your brain; that you are conscious in these thoughts / decisions, and that your eyes / hands / brain synapses, are all part of the lense (of the human body) that you are able to see and control to the limitations inherent in its essence?

The first part deals with why the individual's right of freedom to «profess practice and propagate religion», and to convert to another faith and religion inherent in it, is a condition and guardian of all other democratic freedoms and fundamental human rights in State, society and culture.

Predation is part of the way nature functions and humans are indeed part of nature, but there is something wrong with the form of predation that is inherent in unbridled economic or social competition among humans.

While it may well be tax dollars which support institutional and community care and all the other manifold responses to human need on the part of our society, the inherent motivation derives from Christian understanding, and the policy and guidelines reflect a basic Christian concern, Regrettably, there is no direct ratio any longer — the gears do not engage smoothly!

(2) Evil is not an inherent or necessary part of existence or human nature, but rather a choice, freely exercised at any given moment.

(3) Evil is not an inherent or necessary part of existence or human nature (creation was created good), but neither are humans wholly free to choose the good at any given moment.

Some degree of fear is rather normal given the way humans approach risk, particularly with something like the risks from radiation, and particularly given inherent trust that comes from for - profit overlay onto the «common good» and (IMO) laying that fear exclusively at the feet of environmentalists, or simply labeling it as irrational, is more a product of ideologically - driven identity - protective cognition and tribalism on the part of nuclear proponents than a useful ingredient for making progress on energy policy development.

Caring for another human being comes from within — and I am proud to say that my caregiving abilities are an inherent part of my nature.