Sentences with phrase «man against the possibility»

By denying that the value in nature is static, Camus wishes to insure man against the possibility that a theocracy, for example, could assert rules based upon «eternal principles» to suppress freedom.

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A little thought about natural law makes clear that there is no other species than man so endowed with the possibilities of its own protection and thoughtful promulgation; no other species that can display such a reverence for life that it can fight against the dying of the light; no other that can so protect its weakest, most vulnerable members.

Or we envisage the possibility of that anarchy in which every man's hand is raised against his neighbor — where there is no truth but only deception and lies.

Basically freedom is not the capacity to choose any object or mode of conduct, but the freedom of self - understanding, of saying Yes or No to oneself, the possibility of deciding for or against oneself which corresponds to the knowing subjectivity of man.

Niebuhr analyzed man's highest possibilities by showing the relation of the second Adam to the first Adam (man's ultimate and original perfection), mutual love (the possibilities and limits of history), and the end of history (how the historical character of the perfection of history is preserved against attempts to surrender history to eternity in interpreting its fulfillment).

The possibility of strained relationships has moved Vance Ross, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville, Maryland, both to defend the inclusive and egalitarian nature of Christianity against charges that Christianity is a «white man's religion» and to insist that the members of his congregation have an accurate understanding of Islam.

Even if one attempts by subtle arguments to show that somehow men really accept Christ in their very seeming rejection of him (because the Christian witness they encounter is either unworthy or incomplete and so on), there is still always the possibility of sin, of closing in on oneself against Christ.

But, in general, he was speaking up for the option and practical possibilities of a «true» Catholic Christianity, and against the sinful Christian vices of the (Christian) rulers and citizens of the day by showing the «natural» virtues of «good pagans» (who, incidentally, he depicted as practising euthanasia, an option for «reasonable» men unenlightened by Christian faith) in his imaginary faraway republic.

Looks like the home game against Man City could go to the last game of the season with the possibility of either being involved in the League Cup Final.

General News of Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Source: classfmonline.com Foh Amoaning and Joshua Alabi Two respected men, Prof Joshua Alabi and Mr Moses Foh Amoaning have together over the previous week launched avalanche of attacks against all moves - even mere thoughts - of the possibility of gay rights in Ghana, as MyNewsGh.com reported.

Two respected men, Prof Joshua Alabi and Mr Moses Foh Amoaning have together over the previous week launched avalanche of attacks against all moves - even mere thoughts - of the possibility of gay rights in Ghana, as MyNewsGh.com reported.

In most states, it is against the law for men to hit women, nor can women hit men without the possibility of being arrested.