Sentences with phrase «mysteries of human existence»
The way our bodies — including voice, mood, posture, and so on — are influenced by surrounding bodies is one of the mysteries of human existence, but one that provides the glue that holds entire societies together.
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It's one of the biggest mysteries of human existence: what happens when we die?
The problem of man is how to love the One on whom he is completely, absolutely dependent; who is the Mystery behind the mystery of human existence in the fatefulness of its selfhood, of being this man among these men, in this time and all time, in the thus and so - ness of the strange actual world.
I hope that the viewer senses a discovery, beyond words, and is touched by the mystery of human existence that my work explores.
This quest for a primal, wordless image touches, what is to me, the deepest mystery of human existence: Where did I come from and where am I going?
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Here, we learn how to prepare for our own end and how to help others transition... Unreligious and truly transformational, this book continues to inspire and provide endless wisdom on the great mysteries and challenges of our human existence.»
In 1992, in the Casey opinion which confirmed America's unlimited abortion licence, Kennedy wrote that «at the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life»....
The enigma of human existence has become a greater mystery than ever.
It presents ever - new facets when in the course of the intellectual history of mankind it is confronted with ever - new human experiences, because it points to the infinite mystery of God as the centre of our own existence.
The fourth step goes a bit further, to see «the trajectory eventuating in the creation of human historical existence» not «as a metaphysical surd but rather as grounded in the ultimate nature of things, in the ultimate mystery.»
By the grace of God this human freedom is delivered from man's selfish isolation so that it can enter into the infinite, self - communicating mystery of existence which we call God.
The origin and purpose of human existence is itself a mystery.
The libertine guardians of the sexual revolution brook no dissent from the idea, so famously articulated in Casey vs. Planned Parenthood, that «at the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.»
The constant presence of this mystery to the world and to human existence is equivalent to what the Christian theological tradition has variously called original, universal, natural or general revelation, which it distinguishes from the special or decisive revelation given in Christ.
In our human awareness of the mystery that enshrouds our existence, there is already a manifestation of God's being that we may appropriately call by the name «revelation.»
Perhaps aspects of them, such as their ethical implications, may be compared, but as total approaches to mystery, to human existence, and to the world, it makes little sense to say that one is clearly better than another.
Percy conveys the postmodern, post-Christian Tupperware partygoer's disappointment in the randomness of a world «lacking mystery and substance» as he employs a playful literary technique involving human «looniness» to explore the dilemma of man's uncertainty about the nature of existence.
Kennedy is the same justice who gave out in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) that «At the heart of liberty, is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.»
While Catholics and Protestants alike typically read Aquinas first for his natural law doctrine and next for his proofs of God's existence, topics which seem to stress the human capability of discovering God's truth, these volumes portray an Aquinas far more focused on the mystery of God.
They took the mystery and tragedy out of human existence, made a success story out of the profoundest of humanity's dramas.
As to their presuming to set their destination, surely the editors can not complain about that, since they so strongly agree with the Supreme Court dictum in Casey that there is no higher truth than «the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.»
If Christians truly believe the ineffable» mystery of God» took on human flesh, became the definitive translation» living Word» of this mystery so beyond us, yet present to us in the living Word and» translation» of Jesus Christ, then our knowing or not knowing is never an endless seeking, but a finding not exhausted of its meaning during our time of earthly existence.
Judge Miner, writing for the majority in the Second Circuit, asked: «What concern prompts the state to interfere with a mentally competent patient's «right to define [his] own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life,» when the patient seeks to have drugs prescribed to end life during the final stages of a terminal illness?»
It took the Supreme Court a mere twenty - five years to make this premise explicit, in the famous «Mystery Passage» of the 1992 Casey decision: «At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.Mystery Passage» of the 1992 Casey decision: «At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.mystery of human life.»
augured a new and more disturbing understanding of mystery while showing the provisional and imperfect character of the world of ordinary human existence.
It is not an act of speculation, but a direct grasp of this mystery — that things had a beginning, and that all that preceded and concerns this beginning has a considerable weight for human existence.
How can we reconcile this emphasis on the definitiveness of Christ with our acknowledgement of and continual openness to the general revelation of mystery given to our universe, to human existence and especially to religious experience?
What can the Christian belief in «special revelation» possibly mean when it is articulated in terms of the penumbra of mystery that constitutes the widest context of our existence and which is testified to universally in human religious experience and symbolism?
The battle cry is this war was notoriously formulated by Justice Kennedy in the Casey decision upholding the abortion license in America: «At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.»
At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.
On his maiden voyage to Earth, the first human born on Mars experiences the joys and wonders of a new world while trying to unravel the mysteries of his existence.
The plot centers around the two as they are «hired by the Underground Investigative Service to look into the rampant «unexplained» activity in Los Angeles — all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race.»
In fact, the mystery of it is essential for the film to work, as it explores life, death, the existence of God, what it is to be human, and even further, what is the meaning of life.
He wanted some answers, an explanation, or at least a chance to ponder the great mysteries, before it was too late - love and death, the meaning and purpose of human existence, moments of vision, the voice of God, the manifest indifference of the material universe to injustice and suffering, the insanity of war, the mysterious tug of beauty on the human heart.