Sentences with phrase «meaning of human existence»

The self as such is not ultimately essential but the created meaning of human existence again and again fulfills itself as self.

Any scheme that is taken as a final and complete blueprint for human felicity functions as an idol, for no such plan can possibly encompass the fullness of excellence, and no humanly contrived pattern or program can embody the ultimate meaning of human existence.

And even if at the same time the connection between them is assumed, and symmetrical development is the shining goal, still the spirit is the guiding principle, and the life of the spirit is the true meaning of human existence.

Ernesto Bautista works on sculpture, installation and video works and he is deeply conscious of the violence, death and war around him and feels compelled to investigate the essential meaning of human existence and life.

What is the ultimate meaning of human existence?

The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson.

The concept of logos is accepted today as having affinity primarily with the world of the sciences, all of which, it is believed, give us a handle on ultimate reality and the meaning of human existence.

And what he seems concerned to emphasize in this recent article is that (assuming the truth of the Christian understanding of existence) the Christian revelation embodies a view of life that objectively represents the meaning of human existence, so that if a person is indeed to grasp in a reflective way what the meaning of life in fact is he or she must understand it precisely in the way represented by the Christian witness.

Moreover, it is possible to accept this limitation of the historical consciousness without relinquishing the Christian faith's distinctive insights about the meaning of human existence.

He is aware that his aristocratic strategy gives short shrift to another dimension of morality and indeed of the meaning of human existence.

Kappen says «paradoxically, in spite of his avowed atheism, Marx's philosophical concern has much in common with the ultimate meaning of human existence.

(ENTIRE BOOK) The meaning of human existence in the context of Process Theology.

This is a clue, I believe, not only to a philosophical interpretation of the meaning of human existence but also to the practical quest of men to find the good life for themselves and their societies.

4 In my judgment, it is as possible to argue from the meaning of theism (the ontic pole) to its truth for human existence (the noetic pole) as it is to argue from the meaning of human existence to the truth of theism.

We might almost add that this happens in moments of illumination, when we understand the meaning of human existence.

A person may come to the minister with a question or problem which he has heard a hundred times, yet the question of the meaning of human existence is raised anew.

Unfortunately, thus far the new technological era has created a world of means in which the meaning of human existence is lost.

In the first two chapters of Genesis Israel affirms in two totally different ways that all order in the universe is both introduced and maintained by Yahweh, and that the meaning of human existence, and indeed of all lower forms of life, derives solely from him.

Modern physics, evolutionary theory, and contemporary neuroscience invite us to pose deeper metaphysical questions about the meaning of human existence.

The crisis touches on the intimacies of human relationship, and through that, the meaning of human existence itself.

Once again, the topic for my share in the June 1988 session was the meaning of human existence — and again, from the perspective of Process Theology.

The subject of those talks was the meaning of human existence, in its various relationships, as understood in that sort of theological inquiry with which for many years I have been associated — namely, Process Theology.

It does so because my freedom to choose any good I wish can only be protected from external compulsion if I am allowed to determine for myself every X (fill in the blank): the meaning of human existence, the content of moral norms, when life begins, the relative (un) importance of religious claims, and the norms of human sexuality.

Because, as Pope Benedict XVI said in 2013, by «patiently and respectfully engaging their questions and their doubts as they advance in their search for the truth and the meaning of human existence,» we can introduce the world to Jesus Christ.

It struck Muller that many philosophical questions about the meaning of human existence are based on the fundamental assumption that life is finite.

Edward Wilson has earned the right to title his latest book The Meaning of Human Existence, which coming from almost any other author would sound laughably pretentious.

* Amy Adams's strong performance is the best of her career; the sharp script is layered with surprise twists that examine deeper philosophical themes such as, the meaning of human existence, life choices, grief, courage, trust, and the possibility of knowing the future.

The Turin House (Unrated) Nietzsche - inspired meditation on the meaning of human existence, set in Italy in 1899, as seen through the eyes of a horse whisperer (Janos Derzsi) and the farmer's devoted daughter (Erika Bok).

The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson It's got quite the title, but with a National Book Award nomination, you can be sure this book lives up to the promise of its name.

This is the question that Bojan Šarčević addresses — a question that is as much about the meaning of human existence as it is about the current situation of western society.

His oeuvre explores one of humanity's most fundamental needs: our desire to grasp the meaning of human existence and understand the world we inhabit.

By assembling an archive of samples in order to rediscover the basic tenets of human life, the scientist finally leaves her workplace at the end of the film after packing away twinkle lights, the implication suggesting she has found the answer to the meaning of human existence in a quiet, epiphanous moment.

She addresses the question of the meaning of human existence, what of being and action remains or fades away: an inner tube, breath or the surface of a banana skin.