Sentences with phrase «narrow ridge of»

«In the case of Epsilon, just by chance, the system actually moved over a very narrow ridge of warmer sea last night and this morning which allowed it to build up to hurricane strength,» Feltgen said.

Here, a narrow ridge of corals rims a crescentshaped wall.

Situated just southeast of island # 3, Shark Fin reef is a narrow ridge of granite which is partially exposed at low tide.

What they have in common with the modern Rhodesian is the «zipper,» or narrow ridge of hair running down the length of the spine, and their reddish - brown color.

On the narrow ridge of their togetherness the man of faith walks, avoiding the abyss of self - affirmation on the one hand and self - denial on the other.

For a dose of adventure, climb up the steep and narrow ridges of Mt. Igcuron in Valderama.

Not exact matches

We hiked all day along the ridge occasionally walking out on the narrow pieces of rock that jutted from the main path — only three feet wide with hundreds of feet of cliff on each side.

Further evidence that Buber has not left the narrow ridge in his attitude toward evil is his discussion of «God's will to harden» in Two Types of Faith (1950).

This is especially so if one understands by the Single One not Kierkegaard's man, who finds truth by separating himself from the crowd, but Buber's man of the narrow ridge, who lives with others yet never gives up his personal responsibility nor allows his commitment to the group to stand in the way of his direct relationship to the Thou.

Thus Buber walks the narrow ridge between the mystic and the non-mystic, between one who asserts unity with the ground of being and the other who either removes God into the transcendence beyond direct relation or limits Him to objective «personal» existence.

In defining philosophical anthropology as the problem of finding one essence of man in the constant flux of individuals and cultures, Buber has once again made visible the way of the «narrow ridge.»

J. E. Fison, under Buber's influence, also shows a clear grasp of the narrow ridge between transcendence and immanence:

Another product of the narrow ridge, one equally essential to the life of dialogue, is the realistic trust which recognizes the strength of the tendency toward appearance yet stands ready to deal with the other as a partner and to confirm him in becoming his real self.

The German Catholic theologian Karl Thieme sees Buber's impact as coming principally through his position of «an outspoken «between,»» the position that we have called «the narrow ridge.»

One who understands the essence of man in terms of the dialogical relation between men must walk a narrow ridge between the individualistic psychology which places all reality within the isolated individual and the social psychology which places all reality in the organic group and in the interaction of social forces.

Buber's philosophy of dialogue not only finds the narrow ridge between the subjectivist identification and the objectivist sundering of the «is» and the «ought,» but it also radically shifts the whole ground of ethical discussion by moving from the universal to the concrete and from the past to the present — in other words, from I - It to I - Thou.

This problem of the immanence and transcendence of God is an especially vexatious one, and here too Buber walks the narrow ridge.

This criticism reveals a total misunderstanding of Buber's philosophy of dialogue which is, as we have seen, a narrow ridge between the abysses of objectivism on the one side and subjectivism on the other.

Perhaps no other phrase so aptly characterizes the quality and significance of Martin Buber's life and thought as the one of the «narrow ridge.»

If I may use a simile, responding to the call of God, the call of creation, is like walking up a narrow mountain ridge which drops off steeply on either side.

In these studies Buber leads us on a narrow ridge between the traditionalist's insistence on the literal truth of the biblical narrative and the modern critic's tendency to regard this narrative as of merely literary or symbolic significance.

In those moments I am willing even to indulge his somewhat romanticized view of himself: a figure in the twilight, at the end of a long journey through a large valley and into wooded hills, perhaps pausing on a low ridge that affords him a last narrow glimpse of the paths he has followed, watching the evening descending over the mountains and down toward darkening lakes and fields, trying to fix in memory the shape of a world soon to be lost in night.

It weighed as much as 6 metric tons, was up to 11 meters long, and sported a long, narrow skull and bony spines poking up from its vertebrae that probably supported a ridge made of tough muscle.

The ridges get thicker; the height between the top of the ridge and the bottom of the furrow gets narrow, so there's less prominence.

Williams explained: «The ratio of helium - 3 to helium - 4 in mid-ocean ridge basalts are globally characterized by a narrow range of small values and are thought to sample a relatively homogenous upper mantle.

The narrow ridge on the middle of the hood is instantly recognizable, while quad headlights up front recreate the shape of the A110's front face and rally lights.

And, in fact, this 100 - mile - long, narrow wrinkle of 65 - million - year - old ridges and buttes only became a national park in 1971.

There's plenty of suspension travel from the MacPherson struts in front and the control arms at the rear, and body control is pretty good, even on the narrow, winding roads to the top of the ridge along the San Francisco Peninsula where the redwoods are.

There are, though, a couple of issues: the wheel arches to protrude into the trunk fairly prominently, meaning the space does narrow a bit towards the back, and there's quite a prominent ridge to contend with when folding the 60:40 rear seat backs away.

The disease is characterized by a narrowing (stenosis) caused by a ridge or ring of abnormal tissue growth that inhibits blood flow from the heart to the aorta.

«Hell's Crest» was a narrow, 160 - foot - long, knife - edge ridge straddling the deep, black chasm between the Morinsheiði plateau and the next set of mountains.

Iceland has its own extreme formula driving course where the motor sport competition demonstrate their no fear philosophy by doing flying leaps over rocky gullies, spinning with break neck abandon over lava beds, race through mud and water, and do dare devil antics on narrow tracks that cut vertically straight through the walls of dirt and gravel ridges.

The tops of coral ridges are mostly in the range of 6075 ft, but tunnel investigation takes you below 90 ft. Exploration of a narrow tunnel a short two canyons north of the entry point is the main attraction.

Without the narrow dirt road hugging steep ridges and making its way from the nearby town of Ollantaytambo, it would remain an indigenous Peruvian village disconnected from the outside world.

Caverns, small tunnels and deep, vertically walled, narrow canyons contrast with the well lit, clear waters at the top of the coral ridges.

Passengers were deposited on the narrow ridge separating the Rhone valley, which was already greening with the first blush of spring, from the white, frozen domain of the Aletsch.

The slow diffusion equatorward of the the NA is not that slow, and seems to happen at narrow localized spots near topographic features, mid ocean ridges, continental margins, islands etc, due to tidal internal wave breaking and other related mechanisms which remain unclear.