Sentences with phrase «literal thinking of the people»

At the beginning, however, this usage was not confined to one organ, and far from being figurative, it represented the literal thinking of the people.

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I think that; while the ordinary person's grasp of them is completely merged with the symbolic or poetic, the ontological can detect a detachable core of literal truth.

The Bible as «literal truth» and the Bible as «living literature» are thus supplanted in Buber's thought by the Bible as a record of the concrete meetings in the course of history between a group of people and the divine.

They do believe that there are three degrees of heaven, though believing they are different planets is not as literal as you might think, they just believe that there is a place for people, even if they aren't the most devout believers.

Sorry I'm at work I'm saying all sorts of things but yea I think a lot can be taking literally... I don't think that's anything new but most people I meet are totally against literal interpretations

What a stupid arrogant comment uve just spent 10 mins of your life penning what amounts to an arselicking... in the literal sense... missive in support of a bunch of hugely over paid corporates who also don't give as shit what you think either... It's a f ****** blog site people vent their opinion that's all

The pool of sources artists dip into for originality is a literal ocean of thoughts, actions, people, and ideals.

``... inherent power which any court of justice must possess to prevent misuse of its procedure in a way which, although not inconsistent with the literal application of its procedural rules, would nevertheless be manifestly unfair to a party to litigation before it, or would otherwise bring the administration of justice into disrepute among right - thinking people.»