Sentences with phrase «natural meaning of this expression»

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These were by no means the only places where Greek philosophy, based on the ontology of ousia, blocked the more natural expression of biblical ideas, but they should suffice to indicate the problem.

It is fundamental to any adequate understanding of Ricoeur to note that his phenomenology is so constructed as to be open to the «signs» generated by «counter-disciplines,» and indeed to read the meaning of human existence «on» a world full of such expressions generated by the natural and social sciences, as well as in the history of culture.

But elsewhere he says the construction of meaning is the creative work of the human mind (p. 4); natural theology looks at the world through particular spectacles (p. 22)- expressions which are at least open to a subjectivist interpretation.

Criticism may smile indulgently at the palpable deception in the claim that this was given to Moses at Sinai along with the Torah, but if we would read the meaning of figurative language, it is apparent that this was but an expression of the sense of a pervasive natural law: the religious impulse and revelation with which the name of Moses was associated was too great to embody itself in written form — not even the Torah was adequate; but it reposed ultimately in the divine impress upon the heart of man.

The reason for this is that the play of all games generates exceptional narrative experiences, in part because humans are natural storytellers and construct our way in the world by means of narratives, and in part because play is one of our freest emotional expressions and thus inherently memorable.

As Max Bill explained: «We call «concrete art» those artworks that emerged on the basis of their very own means and rules — without extrinsic reference to natural appearances or their transformation... concrete art in its final consequence is the pure expression of harmonious measurement and law.»

The term Arte Povera was actually borrowed from the theoretical performance manual, Towards a Poor Theater, written by the Polish theatrical director Jerzy Grotowski, who called for the removal of excess props and ornament (the moneyed theater of spectacle) from the stage to the point that the actors used only their natural gifts to activate meaning with facial expressions, voice, gesture, and acrobatic movements (hence materially «poor»).

Re-defining «luxury» means turning to the rich expression of natural materials and forms for these designers.

In present - day culture, where it no longer makes sense to seek inspiration in nature from a distance, Naturalment reveals itself as a thesis on creative awareness of the natural environment, an experiment that, like an expression of street art, takes meaning from, enters into dialogue with and interacts with an urban environment.