Sentences with phrase «know about human nature»

What we know about human nature and human reasoning makes such a selective identification of origin implausible, IMO.

offsets are not perfect but they are efficient and fit with what we know about human nature..

That, frankly, flies in the face of all economic history, and pretty much everything we know about human nature.

I feel like that flies in the face of just about everything we know about human nature.

Everything I know about human nature supports this.

Now here is a dilemma: The film is so truthful and observant, so subtle and knowing about human nature, that it may be too much for most audiences.

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As Catholics, we are allowed to know the truth about human nature - and to rejoice in the fact that medical science is revealing more and more to us about it all the time.

I don't know when we will realize that we humans are too comically puny to be trying to fathom the infinite nature of the forces that brought us about.

Though much of today's science is applied science — the: discovery of new processes and the making of new products to satisfy human wants — it all rests on the desire to find out with certainty what can be known about the world of nature.

And, if we know anything about human nature, we know we have a desire for certainty, a fear of being wrong, a tendency to difine ourselves by our beliefs and to identify those like - minded, the «us» of the them / us divide.

But neither does she shy from addressing hard truths, for she knows that democracy, far from being a machine that runs of itself, is contingent upon truth and truths - about human nature, the dynamics of power, and what we can reasonably expect from history.

Since the doctrine of sin is the only element known by some of his critics, a common conclusion is that Niebuhr was too pessimistic about human nature, that he saw only man's sin, and that he offered no proximate or ultimate hope.

The church members find dialogue difficult because they rarely question their presuppositions about human nature or how truth is known.3 Yet, these things are similar in many ways.

And I know enough now about human nature and the malignancy of evil that to tolerate racism is to promote racism.

This is the heart of what came to be known as «the social question,» which raises fundamental queries about human nature and the possibilities for pursuing life in common.

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

I bring the conversation up because it came to mind last week when I was reading about a Christian ethicist so passionately committed to defending the (unmistakably) exceptional nature of human beings that he thinks it necessary to forbid his children any sentimental solicitude for the suffering of beasts, and to disabuse them of the least trace of the dangerous fantasy or pathetic fallacy that animals experience anything analogous to human emotions, motives, or needs; they can not really, he insists, know anxiety, grief, regret, or disappointment, and so we should never allow them to divert our sympathies or ethical longings from their proper object.

Just as the discovery that sodium chloride has properties not exhibited by sodium and chlorine in isolation tells us something about the nature of sodium and chlorine which we could not otherwise know, so too the existence of subjectivity in combinations of atoms that make human brains tells us something about the nature of those atoms that make those brains.

Now it will no doubt seem to the reader who is unfamiliar with Whiteheadian thought that perceptivity, experience and mentality may be aspects of human and to some extent biological phenomena in general, but what about inanimate nature?

I'm wondering if Wright believes this is about Satan, not because God has assigned him the role of throwing people into hell, but because God knows it is Satan's nature to want death and destruction for all humans.

living a life of delusion is AWESOME until REALITY BIOTCH slaps you in the face and pops the sheltered bubble of the priveledged happy life you live and heaps misery onto you and your loved ones and all you can do / say / think is... god has a plan... yup a plan to make you suffer for a reason you can't understand... from my VAST knowledge of the world and human nature i know how to make choices that avoid MOST of the misery and suffering the rest of you shlubs endure, can't avoid everything, but instead of wasting time with religious b and s i think about avoiding misery and suffering... 35 years and so far sooooooo goooood...

But, we all love our team and get passionate about it, and these boards are where we can rant and rave, or praise the all knowing staff, or whatever human nature drives us to do.

We split everything, time with our kids 50/50 no matter what, money, and NEVER put shit on the other person, when you split, you cared about them... a little respect... people take sides, its human nature, sure confide in your friends, but like it or not you still have to work hard on bringing up your kids, and you need each other to do it.

• The need to exercising self - compassion as you process emotions • Emotional purging in a conscious way to move to an easier parenting journey • Moving passed mindfulness and consciousness to peacefulness • Functioning as a peaceful human being • Moving from «doing» to «being» • The value of peaceful presence, free of emotional trigger, for your kids • Modelling ownership of behavior for your kids • Peacefulness as a practice that takes time • Parenting as an extension of nature: gradually forging new pathways in your relationships and being expansive, not staying «stuck» • The healing power of authenticity with your kids • Aiming for perseverance and presence, not perfection • Exercising compassion for others and recognizing we don't know their struggles • Learning how not to try to control others and focus on self to remain peaceful • Journalling as a practice to release emotions • Finding opportunities for stillness • Releasing others from the responsibility for reading your mind • Shifting to a solution focus to create momentum • Fear: being curious about it to avoid being driven by it • Showing up in your own home to make a difference in the world • Practical ways to nourish yourself • Unconditional love — what does that look like?

They knew what they need to know about the human body, and about nature.

Katherine Ludwig, co-author of Humility Is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age, shares what we know about the changing nature of work and how it will impact today's kids.

Dominic CavendishTheatre critic and adaptor of Orwell: A Celebration1984 grabs us by the throat in early adolescence or adulthood and never lets go because it tells us something deeply unpleasant about human nature; something we know at once, however safe and secure we are, to be true.

Thanks to what science tells us about human physiology, the universe's history, nature's forces and Earth's geology, flora and fauna, we know Earth isn't flat, the universe is nearly 14 billion years old, and that there are no dragons or unicorns.

You know, a human being has something about her that is shared by a mosquito, in [an] elephants, in [an] orchid, but which is not shared by other things in nature, like a hurricane or a rock.

My dad wasn't happy about it, but I knew I needed answers to all my questions about human nature, the mind, and relationships with myself and others.

You know, the very human nature is about enriching and deception in order to gain something.

I love life I love nature I love seeking refuge in nature when life becomes to much I smoke a lot of weed but hey if nature didn't want humans to know about it why would it be there?

But he has his own unique way of dealing with problems — serving in the Army during some of the toughest battles means he probably knows more about human nature than many preachers.

No matter how veiled something appears at first, the answer is there in human nature, one way or another, already discovered and spoken about in our past and the technologies that changed us yesteryear.

You can ask me a thousand times for «refs» about already well known dynamics about psychology and evolution and human nature and communication and advertising all you want, and you get the same answer.

* There is too much conflicting evidence about climate change to know whether it is actually happening * Current climate change is part of a pattern that has been going on for millions of years * Climate change is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's temperatures * Even if we do experience some consequences from climate change, we will be able to cope with them * The effects of climate change are likely to be catastrophic * The evidence for climate change is unreliable * There are a lot of very different theories about climate change and little agreement about which is right * Scientists have in the past changed their results to make climate change appear worse than it is * Scientists have hidden research that shows climate change is not serious * Climate change is a scam * Social / behavioural scepticism measures * Climate change is so complicated, that there is very little politicians can do about it * There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no - one else is * The actions of a single person doesn't make any difference in tackling climate change * People are too selfish to do anything about climate change * Not much will be done about climate change, because it is not in human nature to respond to problems that won't happen for many years * It is already too late to do anything about climate change * The media is often too alarmist about climate change * Environmentalists do their best to emphasise the worst possible effects of climate change * Climate change has now become a bit of an outdated issue * Whether it is important or not, on a day - to - day basis I am bored of hearing about climate change

True, true nature could care less and has the last say in any event no matter what us puny humans think about it.

As humans will never know any absolute truths about nature, we can only have our best approximations to build our fractured and faulty catalog of knowledge upon.

Humans will never know any absolute truths about nature we can only have our best approximations to build - up our fractured and faulty catalog of knowledge.

David — knowing something about human nature and our failings, I would say that your statement sounds nice but I probably disagree with how it relates to real world behavior.

About 68 per cent said no, they felt decriminalization would violate the altruistic nature of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act.

You «should» expect Realtors to know «everything» about fiduciary duties, but you can't take it for granted that every Realtor will put them into play when a commission is on the line; that's the potential fallout from the nature of commissioned sales income... everywhere that there are humans.

although Shakespeare could not have predicted the rise of urban entertainment centers in the late 20th century, he did know a bit about human nature and entertainment.

Our «top reps» obviously know nothing about the history of human nature (remember British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his «We have peace in our time!»