Sentences with phrase «knowledge upon knowledge»

The normal word for knowledge is gnōsis, but Paul uses the word epignōsis, which is similar, but means something closer to «knowledge upon knowledge.»

Since epignōsis could be translated as «knowledge upon knowledge,» it could be understood to mean that we are to be constantly adding knowledge to the knowledge we already have.

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With this knowledge in mind, it's no surprise that millions upon millions of articles and advice circulates the internet on how to solve these two key components to a business owner's journey.

To this very moment, knowledge is being gathered, categorized, cross-referenced thousands upon thousands of ways, and stored.

The present and future of our knowledge worker industry is built upon the power of software, services, consulting, technology and thought.

As it turned out, there were swaths of new - employee knowledge that she stumbled upon by accident.

We humans do not rely on knowledge alone, but also draw upon our intuition and emotional intelligence.

Noticing that there was an apparent lack in the market for good quality, simple, organic infant and kids basics, Alyssa drew upon her fashion industry knowledge and started the children's apparel brand mini mioche.

You also might be able to convince your employer that taking a year off will make you a better employee upon your return, especially if you're going to improve your foreign language skills or increase your knowledge of another marketplace while you're gone.

The age of artificial intelligence is upon us (Rankbrain, TL * IDF, Knowledge Graph, etc...).

Make it easy for sales reps to master critical information while building upon previous knowledge.

Our authors are experienced entrepreneurs drawing upon their successes and failures to provide practical, in - the - trenches strategies for all knowledge levels.

Buyers will make quick determinations about their relationships based upon the availability of real - time content — information on products, services, support documentation, expert knowledge sharing, and the likes.

Through our one or two day workshop, you will learn how to build upon your strengths and how to tap into the knowledge and skills of others, especially people with whom you have a difficult time getting along.

The one important recognition that needs to take place though is knowledge of whether a buyer persona development effort was based upon goal - directed principles and methodology.

At the end of the day anyone who has attended the workshop takes back home a full fledged knowledge of important concepts like asset allocation, calculation of intrinsic value, important ratios to focus upon while doing fundamental analysis, usage of excel sheet, and above all how to put together a checklist to do smart and intelligent investing.

Our paramount goal is to provide our students with a working knowledge of the myriad of factors that play a role in determining how retirees can achieve the maximum benefit available to them from Social Security and, in so doing, provide a solid foundation upon which an overall retirement income plan can be built.

But add to this the knowledge that you will bring harm to many others who are likewise dying because the supply is limited and reliant upon funds, which you are personally unable to provide.

It is tempting to define the categories philosophically, rather than historically, around the recognition that knowledge depends upon the existence of God.

Mr. Hayward, you say that God has «pressed upon your mind» in a way that is «beyond knowledge» and «beyond proof».

Although I am not religious, the condescending nature of your Professors tone is exactly the reason why when I was trudging through med school, I came to the conclusion upon entering the workforce — I would politely decline invitations to become a cog in the domesticated medical system and instead take my knowledge elsewhere — medical missionary work overseas.

«Foreknowledge» then does not refer to God's actual knowledge of anything beforehand, rather it refers to God's setting His intimate affection and favor upon His people beforehand.

A transcript of a seminar he gave at Berkeley in 1983 imparts well the burden of knowledge he set upon the students.

«It is as we feed on the Word and meditate on the message it contains that the Spirit of God can vitalize that which we have received, and bring forth through us the word of knowledge that will be as full of power and life as when He, the Spirit of God, moved upon holy men of old and gave them these inspired Scriptures.»

This expectation is unwarranted, however, because God's existence is directly relevant to moral knowledge and action: If appeals to God get ruled out, either by disbelief in His existence or reluctance to rely upon it, then it isn't possible to demonstrate that there are moral absolutes.

If the 24 - hour news cycle has taught us anything, it's that one need not possess firsthand knowledge of a subject to orate upon it at great length.

My salvation is not of works but purely of Grace as bestowed upon me through the knowledge that my sins are forgiven through the perfect work of Christ.

In his whole treatment of natural theology, Luther is always intent upon this one thing: men must learn that sure and true knowledge of God can be found only in God's revelation.

What religion offers: — The opportunity to avoid eternal punishment for not worshiping / believing in my god (not worried enough to care)-- An explanation for the universe and why we are here (I'll take the knowledge gained from the application of the scientific method, but thanks)-- Living forever in heavenly bliss (I am content with this life)-- The opportunity to divide humanity based upon different belief systems (There is enough dividing us already)-- Purpose, a code of ethics, and fulfillment (I have that already, without religion)-- Develop a personal relationship with god (I've never seen or heard from any gods nor have I seen any independantly verified scientifically collected peer reviewed proof.

Subsequent excavation proved that the three ages were historical facts, and the foundation was laid upon which our modern knowledge of early man has been built.

Once upon a fairly recent time it was common knowledge, at least to Protestants, what a Protestant was.

Any true advance in knowledge will shed light upon Christ.

Every advance in our knowledge of reality, every new truth discovered, impinges upon how we understand the truth given to us in Revelation.

How far the Bible was familiar to the laity — or to the ordinary parish priest, for that matter — during the Middle Ages, is a question upon which mediaeval historians appear to differ; but it is safe to say that what knowledge of the Bible there was lay within the schema, which gave the key to its understanding.

It looks specifically at the impact of Jewish beliefs upon the pursuit of knowledge and the role of natural knowledge in encouraging interaction with other cultures and faiths such as Islam during the Medieval period and Christianity during the Renaissance.

What is agreed upon is that the self - consciousness involved in the satisfaction of an actual entity can not have the status of knowledge (for knowledge refers us to reflection, and hence to an additional process), nor can it have the structure of intentionality (for intentional self - awareness fractures unity and leads to an infinite regress).

Yet in his Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent, John Henry Newman insists on the necessity of individual experience and weakness of theoretical knowledge in forming religion and morality: «many a man will live and die upon a dogma; no man will be a martyr for a syllogism.»

And, certainly a knowledge of them is a vast help in understanding the people who have been nourished upon them and hold them sacred; for example, the sacred writings of Japan.

However, as soon as they have gazed upon it, they would «prefer «to work the earth as the serf to another, one without possessions,»» than to relinquish their knowledge; further, they must return and bring fruit from their experience through actions (cf. Republic 516d, 519e; Odyssey xi.489 — 90).

Even scientific knowledge, which apprehends a thing exactly as it is in all its causes, depends for its truth entirely upon the primary premises given to it by experience (cf. Posterior Analytics 2.19).

In view of the emphasis which has been placed upon distinguishing the new quest from the original quest, it needs to be explicitly stated that a new quest can not take place without the use of the objective philological, comparative - religious, and social - historical research indispensable for historical knowledge.

Even if parents are polytheists and even if they strive to mislead their Muslim son to follow them, he is commanded by the Qur» an to be good to them and to treat them gently, for Allah saith, «And We have enjoined upon man concerning his parents... But if they strive with thee to make thee ascribe unto Me as partner that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not.

That the drive for self - determination is based upon the knowledge of being determined is a fine irony indeed.

For example — Often used by many christians as an arguement for intolerence towards human rights... I pose that every religiously ran nation like that of Iran and Iraq are exactly what the religious in this supposedly tolerent country wish to turn this country into, where science and logically thought are frowned upon and knowledge of fairy tales are rewarded.

If our primary knowledge is irreplicable and dependent upon accidents, how can we be sure of assenting to the truth?

Once, when he came upon a drunken scene, probably in connection with the temple sacrifices, where priests and prophets, as he says, reeled with wine and staggered with strong drink until the tables were full of «vomit and filthiness,» he was greeted with the intoxicated jeers of the people's religious leaders: «Whom will he teach knowledge?

Yet no matter what their degree of certainty, all notional assents agree in being farther removed from and dependent upon our direct knowledge of the world.

Knowledge is a later development of consciousness and occurs only when consciousness reflects on itself by turning back upon itself and positing a former moment of experience as an object of awareness.

This is the optimistic view, by the way — that the soul released upon death will be able to acquire knowledge — because the alternative is that we'll never know anything really real at all.

while the writer has little knowledge of the bible, he is also greatly lacking what he should know to write such a article, the laws give to people of all walks of life is the commandments given by moses, religion does not have anything to do with goverments laws or rulings, he told us straight the one law that there is no forgiveness for is murder, rulers and goverments take it upon themselves to make the decision whether to go to war, or if a person should be put to death, as far as jesus and the apostles are concerned thier labours was a work of love and true humanitarian towards all peoples, races, religions, they never asked for anything for themselves, and they never took from one to give to another.