Sentences with phrase «live by their illusions»

But the Germans, sadly, prefer to live by illusion and delusion.

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He observes, however, that «the modernist desire in Frost and Eliot — to preserve an independent selfhood against the coercions of the market, a self made secure by the creation of a unique style — is subverted by the market, not because they wrote according to popular formulas, but because they give us their poems as delicious experiences of voyeurism, illusions of direct access to the life and thought of the famous writer, with the poet inside the poem like a rare animal in a zoo.

Such a view assumes truth is not discovered or discerned, but rather a mere name we give to the illusion we choose to live by.

In comedies as diverse as Shakespeare's and those on prime time television, life progresses from a state of crisis created by some illusion to a harmonious recovery brought about by discovering the true nature of the circumstances.

By dismissing Marx's ultimate faith in the goodness of Historical progress — and by holding open the possibility of a return to a life both more human and more natural, left conservatives might seem to have freed themselves of the illusions of HistorBy dismissing Marx's ultimate faith in the goodness of Historical progress — and by holding open the possibility of a return to a life both more human and more natural, left conservatives might seem to have freed themselves of the illusions of Historby holding open the possibility of a return to a life both more human and more natural, left conservatives might seem to have freed themselves of the illusions of History.

A lot of the anxiety in our generation is caused by an illusion of total control over our lives.

It is never possessed as a secure possession or as a quieting insight, hut rather constantly has to make its way against all the temptations that continually emerge Out of existence and give man the illusion he can still dispose of himself and has his life in his own hands — even if it be by virtue of just such an insight....

Human lives are distorted by a fear of death, and that fear accelerates in the modern world with the atrophying of various illusions about personal immortality.

There are a lot of comforting illusions, but it's dangerous to live by them or to cherish them.

In summary, the virtues of organized religions include but are by no means limited to the following: they give their adherents something solid against which to rebel; they allow one to see farther by standing on the shoulders of giants; they insist on the primacy of lived experience; they work against illusion and historical insularity; they point to the power of the collective and the merits of deep diversity; and they are capable of the kind of mobilization that can transform the world.

For Baudrillard we live in a world of societies that have been duped by a grand illusion and sadly live within it, but will never realize it.

RESOURCES «New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood,» Care2.Com [Swiss] Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology, The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants [PDF] Community Environment Legal Defense Fund Web Site CELDF «Rights of Nature» FAQs Carl Cohen and Tom Regan, chapter by Carl Cohen, «Rights and Interests,» The Animal Rights Debate, (Latham, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001), p. 17 David S. Oderberg, «The Illusion of Animal Rights,» Human Life Review, Spring - Summer 2000, p. 42.

The limited energy of a self misguided by illusion drove the life of discipleship.

If, as I maintain, the movement of the cosmos towards the highest degree of consciousness is not an optical illusion, but represents the essence of biological evolution, then, in the curve traced by Life, Man is unquestionably situated at the topmost point; and it is he, by his emergence and existence, who finally proves the reality and defines the trajectory — «the dot on the i»...

The Buddhist position is that all life is suffering which one can overcome only by realizing that the suffering results from attachment to the ego; thus, ridding oneself of the illusion of self makes death an illusion.

The cheating spouse controls the betrayed spouse by maintaining the illusion of an unbroken union, withholding life - altering information whilst deciding unilaterally to take risks with their spouses» life, safety, health, and security, draining financial resources and ravaging the unsuspecting spouse's life in literally every possible way.

Not only was the baby's life erased by her mother's tragic self - absorption; the baby's very existence has been blotted out to continue the illusion that unassisted childbirth is safe and «joyous.»

If by thinking that free will is an illusion you believe that it does not matter whether you acquire good habits or bad, hold false beliefs or true, or whether your evaluation of the consequences of an option is accurate or not, then you are highly likely to make a right mess of your life.

By stretching a silicone and fiberglass shell over a robotic skeleton, the artist / engineering team managed to create a stunningly realistic illusion of a living, breathing dinosaur.

The offerings, and the male himself, appear larger than life because of an effect that visual scientists call the Ebbinghaus illusion, which causes an object to look bigger if it is surrounded by smaller objects.

Almost 100 years later we still live in a world increasingly affected by war, unemployment and poverty, a reality that nonetheless remains discreetly hidden under the carpet by the illusion of a global democratic society, where most people have access to the internet, and where an overestimated middle class is entertained by lavish sports competitions.

They use the camera in an expressive or poetic way so rarely that when they do bust out a heartfelt flourish (like the long, slow camera move that reveals the Guardians in their spaceship engaged in a sing - along, or the «wipes» that reveal the reality that Thanos» illusions hide, or a climatic fight between Thanos and multiple heroes) it's as if somebody had briefly sparked a dull wedding reception to life by going out on the dance floor and demanding a song with a backbeat.

Anchored by a magnificently androgynous performance by Kazuo Hasegawa, reprising a role he had played on - screen three decades earlier, «An Actor's Revenge» is an eye - popping examination of how the illusions of art intersect with life.

While that's a bummer, the synthesized music maintains the illusion of being performed by live instruments, and it may even benefit the eerie and dark themes of the game better than live instruments.

Midnight in Paris is a romantic comedy — hate that Woody Allen movies are classified the same way as Jennifer Aniston movies, it's totally NOT the same — described by the studio to be «(the celebration of) a young man's great love for Paris, and simultaneously explores the illusion people have that a life different from their own is better.»

I can assure you that my generation has only recently woken up — probably rudely shaken to reality by the fact that our struggles to plan for a carefree «after work» life, has not and will not materialize, and most of us finding that the efforts to ensure a good pension plan, has largely been based on illusions, dished out by the insurance companies, which ultimately are not much better than the banks that have brought on the economic demise, but for their part will still continue their self - enriching bonus system.

Whole Language Lives on, The Illusion of «Balanced» Reading Instruction by Louisa Moats, published by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

For fans of historical mysteries: The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian In 1943, the noble Italian Rosati family live safely in their ancient villa — until two soldiers arrive and disrupt their illusion of peace.

This gripping, emotional story intertwines the stories of several compelling characters - one by one, through seemingly random acts of selflessness, they discover the vital parts they have played in each other's lives, a realization that shatters the illusion of their separateness.

Drawing on a wealth of sources from Life magazine to accounts by Nixon's daughter and his doctor to The Haldeman Diaries and Jonathan Schell's The Time of Illusion, Beattie reconstructs dozens of scenes in an attempt to see the world from Mrs. Nixon's point of view.

Ruth was born into poverty and was surrounded by such, she knew her «lot in life» was predestined and had no illusions that she could rise above where she was.

(It makes for a better story if Cora upon escaping the plantation at first thinks she has found freedom, but then «wakes up» to realize it is an illusion, and moves on, into something even worse...) All of these different experiences of racism, so well described by Edie, were not specific to any one state, but rather, they are all forms of racism that have existed in the South, and some of them in the North too, at different time periods — and all have their counterparts in our lives today.

But when his seemingly perfect life is shaken by tragedy, he's left questioning whether having it all is ever more than an illusion.

The door has been painted with tromp l'oeil by the owner of the apartment and when opened forms, together with the decoration on the walls of the living room, a unique illusion.

The illusion of vibrant, living environments, though somewhat hindered by pedestrian visuals (even at max settings), is complimented by ambient noise that changes as you move around the maps.

While Alan Wake was more than content in ending its chapters with title credits and a tease of what's to come — giving it the illusion of TV sensibilities — Quantum Break goes one step further by introducing full - length, 20 - minute episodes of live action to watch.

Developed by Sega Studios Australia, Castle of Illusion Featuring Mickey Mouse will be available worldwide for digital download on Xbox LIVE ® Arcade for Xbox 360 ®, PlayStation ® Network and Windows PC in summer 2013.

Deep Duck Trouble doesn't quite live up to the standards set before it by Castle of Illusion on the Master System, and suffers from many of the problems that Lucky Dime Caper also suffered from.

The brainchild of Game Boy developer Gunpei Yokoi, it was intended to bring futuristic virtual reality to gamers» living rooms, boasting a 3D display, and games that cleverly took advantage of the illusion of depth created by blinking red lights.

For the viewer, the details of my work coalesce into a clever illusion — recalling the Zen masters» lesson that life itself is an illusion, from which we can awake only by clearing our minds of daily distractions.»

On the contrary, their captivating portraits demand a psychological connection from the viewer, breathing life into their subjects by deftly blurring the line between illusion and reality.

Sometimes Wood also experiments with the idea of collage, superimposing objects over others or simply playing with the distortion of images by creating the illusion of separate or fragmented painted canvas surfaces brought together in one, such as in Still Life Collage, 2015.

Seeing several of his works shown together (his output was truncated by a short life) brings home the significance of his contribution; the fastidious building up of illusion, the quietude, and most remarkably, the almost erotic use of colour to introduce an element uninteresting to his colleagues — the notion of beauty.»

For the entrance of the Time & Life Building lobby, he created Two Portals (1961), a 42 - feet by 14 - feet mural of alternating glass bands in white and brown that recede into two bronze centers to create an illusion of depth.

Accompanying Self's insightful and engaging text is an in - depth interview between Hirst and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director of London's Serpentine Gallery, and also an essay by art historian andcurator Rudi Fuchs that considers and explores the significance of «For the Love of God» in relation to Hirst's oeuvre: «After all, Damien Hirst's art is concerned with love and fear, with death, malady, physical decay, medical practice and pharmaceutical illusion... The inevitable proximity of death is the most real thing in human life.

, Pope.L has reworked this conundrum by making his sly work behave as if it were both a kinetic, unraveling art work and a living, decomposing thing, as well as a Hollywood - worthy spectacle bordering on — yes — illusion.

Kidner was fascinated by science and spent his life experimenting with optical illusions, shapes and colour before his death in 2009.

Though Sandback employed metal wire and rod, and elastic cord in his earliest works, he soon dispensed with mass by using acrylic yarn to create sculptures that produced perceptual illusions while addressing their physical surroundings — the «pedestrian space», as Sandback called it, of everyday life.

2 pm Schwartz Gallery 92 Whitepost Lane Hackney Artists talk — this is an amazing and unforgetable show curated by brit art stars GEORGINA STARR and PAUL NOBLE but showing the life and work of RONALD WRIGHT, an incredible creative force who at the age of 82 will be talking about his life and work FLESH: THE GREAT ILLUSION

«It feels like the right time to give those people a new medium: one in which three - dimensionality is a reality and not just an illusion laboriously cooked up by your brain, and in which it's possible to get up off the couch and move — not only around your living room, but wherever on the face of the earth the story might take you.»