Sentences with phrase «lesser order of society»

Granted that coercive power is necessary if a State, or even a harmonious lesser order of society, is to exist, several very basic questions remain.

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Even that, thought Gregory, was exemplary because it showed the sensitivity of David — the low influence partner — to the importance of maintaining order in society, that very order which had been abused but nonetheless remained necessary and tolerable even in its abuse.30 The parishioner who has relatively less influence may need similar counsel: Do not prematurely seek to grab more influence, as if that were the only solution.

these are distinct religious groups that choose to live apart (more of less) from the main of society in order to keep their non-violent life style and sequestered religious training intact.

In the case of a civilized society, the principles of «order» and «genetic propagation» are no less fundamental as regards its status as an existent thing than are those same principles required of a Society society, the principles of «order» and «genetic propagation» are no less fundamental as regards its status as an existent thing than are those same principles required of a Society Society per se.

Finally, Charles Villa - Vicencio takes up the new work of making liberation theology not just a theology of resistance but of reconstruction in places like South Africa and El Salvador, where civil war has ended but the crushing burdens of building a more humane society continue — in a new world order with less and less compassion or creative insight for the plight of the poor.

Roman Catholic missions were maintained through existing orders — chiefly the Society of Jesus and the Brothers Minor, with important Dominican contingents — and also, to a lesser degree, through newly organized societies and congregations.

Mr Brown said: «Our task now is nothing less than making the transition through a new internationalism to the benefits of an expanding global society - not muddling through as pessimists but making the necessary adjustment to a better future and setting the new rules for this new global order.»

«Society needs more order, not less, when it comes to the use of drugs.»

Although Baillargeon will not speculate about why primary care physicians are more likely to write a prescription without first ordering a blood test, Glenn Cunningham, a professor of medicine and an endocrinologist at the Baylor College of Medicine, suggests that perhaps the generalists are less familiar with the Endocrine Society's guidelines.

In his seminal book On Liberty, the philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote: «Persons of genius are... more individual than any other people - less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful compression, into any of the small number of moulds which society provides in order to save its members the trouble of forming their own character.»

After Evelyn (Naomi Watts) has taken control of the society, the new order has become a lesser version of the old order.

The less evolved communities are more likely to fall under the laws of the animal level and to use physical reductionism in order to solve problems, and that means that the situation when an evolved society confronts a less evolved one is recurrent and also is crime, death penalty or violence against violence.

Enjoying less does not mean you spend less time experiencing joy, it means you don't need all the trappings of what modern society has deemed «necessary» in order to be fulfilled.