During the rest of this letter I shall be trying to explain what
I mean by this idea of independence, but let me start with an analogy.
He means by this idea that the true character of Christ as Son of God and bearer of the kingdom, as suffering and dying Messiah, is not obvious to everyone.
There is also for Whitehead a chiasm of what Merleau - Ponty
meant by idea and the flesh.
Whitehead's question can be rephrased in Berkeleyan terms thus: «What do
we mean by ideas being realized in minds?»
This is what
I mean by the idea of Einstein — the potential for an exceptionally creative individual to inspire unlimited generations of children to become great contributors and role models themselves, over and over again.
It found that while most companies accept the idea of corporate social responsibility in principle, they vary greatly in what
they mean by that idea, and in the extent to which what they actually live up to their policies in practice.
It found that while most companies accept the idea of corporate social responsibility in principle, they vary greatly in what
they mean by that idea, and in the extent to which they actually live up to their policies in practice.
Kelly and O'Faircheallaigh found that, while most companies accept the idea of CSR in principle, they vary greatly in what
they mean by that idea and in the extent to which they actually live up to their policies in practice.
Not exact matches
There was an absurd element to the movie moment: The
idea that the suspect was aided in evading arrest
by following the information put out
by his pursuers
meant to apprehend him.
The same countries that repress dissent tend to have institutionalized corruption,
meaning the quality of your
idea isn't sufficient enough to succeed
by itself, you now need new «friends in the right places.»
The problem perpetuated
by the show, argues Kopke, is that it contributes to a business culture that revolves entirely around the pitch, a short - sighted approach that barely scratches the surface of what an entrepreneur has to offer, or what it
means to grow an
idea into a long - term business plan.
For those with far more
ideas than capital, it creates a
means by which they can be rewarded for their creativity without having to devote their lives to it.
The highly integrated supply chains fostered
by two decades of free trade might
mean that's a pretty bad
idea, however:
Last November, British lawmakers called for a tax on sugary drinks as a
means of tackling childhood obesity but the
idea was ruled out
by the government which said it was not the right course of action.
Designer Martin Hajek took inspiration from all the rumors so far and created 3D renders of what he's calling the «iPad X.» The renders are
by no
means official, but until Apple unveils the new iPad, they could give us a solid
idea of what's coming.
Instead of getting her relational needs met
by her husband, she tried to find them in her son — which, Strauss realized, gave him the
idea that monogamy was a smothering, soul - crushing artifact of society, and clearly not the way that he was
meant to live.
While the
ideas are
by no
means earth shattering, they are fundamental to driving the kind of sea - level change needed at Uber:
The
idea is that deposit flight from Greek banks
means that Greek citizens move their money abroad, where it is safe from Grexit, while Greek banks become more and more funded
by the other eurozone central banks, leaving those banks to be the losers if Greece leaves the euro.
[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25]
By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great
ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it
means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?
But when the inevitable happened and the same system was used to influence political change
by people who had already been doing so
by other
means for 25 years, suddenly #DeleteFacebook is such a mainstream
idea that BBC Radio 4 is asking people --- ironically via its Facebook page — whether they intend carrying it out.
The announcement
by House Speaker Paul Ryan that he will not seek re-election later this year
means entitlement reform will lose its most important recent champion, but it doesn't
mean the
idea of reform is now dead for good.
My wife and that i have already been now delighted that Albert could carry out his studies as a result of the
ideas he had
by means of your online page.
In a series of colorful emails they discussed a pattern of activity conducted
by Cohen under the Google
Ideas aegis, suggesting what the «do» in «think / do tank» actually
means.
No - one can dispute that the Founding Fathers were influenced in their
ideas by the Bible — but «influenced
by» doesn't
mean they intended to create a Christian Nation.
And whenever something or someone from the «outside» comes into our space, we attack in the name of defending our faith, our
ideas and our way of life —
by any
means necessary.
On the other side, artists like Emily Dickinson champion the
idea that art can transcend time and place as a
means by which reality can be experienced.
Central to this Court - led revolution is the
idea that the Constitution is in a state of more or less perpetual evolution, whence it follows that judges need not be bound
by the precise words of the document, or
by prior precedent, or
by settled historical
meaning.
Atheist reject the
idea of a god and believe their view to be true or they would be agnostic unless they choose no stance at all of a god that of which would require unknowing of what the term «god»
means so it would fall under a belief and since they can't prove that a god doesn't exist then
by definition it requires faith for their view,
meaning it would effect their view of the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe if a god was proven to be true.
I have no
idea what you
mean by «The Secret»; I've never heard that phrase expressed in the manner you just did.
Real
ideas (
by which I think he also
meant realistic) contained at their core the notion that the universe is natural, objectively «out there», knowable but distinct, and informing views on sexuality, sex, marriage, death, etc..
Does not the word theory
mean «speculation or
idea formed
by speculation»?
I think its a fantastic
idea to «create your own religion,» but I know of no intelligent person who would say that «man exists
by accident,» so I have no
idea what that's supposed to
mean.
Jesus» original disciples likely never thought of him as anything more than a great rabbi, and some might have thought him a good rallying point for a revolt, they could have even whispered that he was anointed
by God, but the
idea of his being divine only seems to enter into the gospels around the time many Greek educated folks had converted, bringing their own views of what a «son of God»
means into the faith.
«I'm fascinated
by the whole
idea of trying to write songs and trying to communicate something, because ultimately every word has a different
meaning to every person,» she says.
But what does this assertion of internal relatedness
mean, particularly in light of the fact that Whitehead tells us in Adventures of
Ideas (p. 157) that the traditional doctrine of «internal relations is distorted
by reason of its description in terms of language adapted to presuppositions of the Newtonian type»?
This has nothing to do with sin — except perhaps the sin committed
by those who run roughshod over others in their zeal to force conformity to their own
idea of acceptability — whatever that may
mean.
It
means that up to now in his history, man was somehow kept in the bondage of childhood
by the powers that be, the state, etc., and
by the
idea of a «father - God,» so that he did not dare to affirm himself fully.
The most challenging
idea of this book may be that the Powers are redeemable, and we humans are part of the
means by which the Powers will be redeemed.
Some subject, a theological
idea, is elucidated in the most serious way, not
by any
means in order to start a theological debate, but in order to confirm the feeling that a Christian must be active in the world.
I had no
idea what they
meant by «God,» but what they did seemed genuine.»
By means of such examples, Keen relates the notion of play to that of the sacred, consciously returning to the thesis of Rudolf Otto's The
Idea of the Holy.
Whatever is
meant here
by being taken or left, these sayings do not justify the lurid
ideas of the «rapture» sometimes inferred from them and from what Paul says in I Thessalonians 4:17.
According to the first
meaning (which follows automatically if one assumes that the perfect can have no potential states — an assumption not deducible from the mere
idea of «none greater,» because of the latter's equivocal connotation) the perfect is unsurpassable in conception or possibility even
by itself; according to the second
meaning it is unsurpassable except
by itself.
Yet through all these diversities of phrasing — whether faith was thought of as a power - releasing confidence in God, or as selfcommitment to Christ that brought the divine Spirit into indwelling control of one's life, or as the power
by which we apprehend the eternal and invisible even while living in the world of sense, or as the climactic vision of Christ as the Son of God which crowns our surrender to his attractiveness, or as assured conviction concerning great truths that underlie and constitute the gospel — always the enlargement and enrichment of faith was opening new
meanings in the experience of fellowship with God and was influencing deeply both the
idea and the practice of prayer.
This development of deepening
meaning in fellowship with God was accompanied
by significant changes in the
idea of faith.
An immediate objection to the suggestion of a new
idea of God will doubtless be that the term God as defined
by usage properly
means the God of the religious tradition.
The process
by which this happened -
by which concepts such as personal freedom, human rights and equality have been slowly distorted to
mean something quite other than they did when Christian Europe gave birth to them - has been laboriously traced
by historians of
ideas such as Charles Taylor and Alastair Maclntyre.
In a recent book, Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality, Max Tegmark, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, argues that the
idea of equivalence
means that the universe is a mathematical structure rather than a reality merely describable
by mathematics.
Growing up I learned that the biblical creation narrative is
meant to be a scientific explanation for how the world came to be, that the earth is 6,000 years old, and that evolutionary theory is a bogus
idea invented
by godless scientists.
It was rather that whether you take the story literally or as a mythical description of what we
mean by the Resurrection (namely, that the living presence of the crucified Christ is present with us now), the
idea is better forgotten, or rather is better not entertained at all, that the Resurrection is parallel to the raising of Lazarus from the grave in the Fourth Gospel.