Sentences with phrase «nature over mind»

Whereas Hegel may be said to exemplify the tendency to assign too great a role to mind in the general scheme of things, it is Nietzsche who perhaps best represents the opposite or contrary tendency, namely that of assigning too great a place to nature over mind.

In so doing Nietzsche ends up reversing the priority of mind over nature (which we saw in Hegel) to that of nature over mind.

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Overcoming our urges and controlling ourselves is mind over nature.

Since last week, I've been thinking about how differently my life and / or the world (all mankind) might have been, had I / we been taught what has been revealed to me over the last 20 + years and now know in my mind / heart is the truth / gospel for me, about Father God's love, character and nature, the death of Jesus and Salvation.

The heartless minds that value money over all else have tried to convince us that their inhuman nature is our human nature.

Describing its author's life up until his conversion to Christianity, the Confessions grounds Augustine's individual, mutable life in the unchanging nature of God: «I entered into the depths of my soul,... and with the eye of my soul, such as it was, I saw the Light that never changes casting its rays over the same eye of my soul, over my mind.»

i'm an avid believer in the power of the human mind to over come most problems whether they are man vs. nature, man vs. man or man vs. the supernatural... we can conquer most obsticules placed in our path.

With the philosophy of Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650), the nature of reality was no longer seen as writ large over the universe only to be discovered by the exercise of reason but rather was what the human mind perceived, interpreted, made it to be («Cogito, ergo sum.

He has come to redeem our minds, and give us victory over our old nature.

Tommy God has already forgiven you for your sin the moment you asked Jesus into your life and confessed him as Lord.From that point he paid for your sin in full past present future.It is not sin that stops us from being with the Lord so you are saved.The problem you are experiencing is the battle for your life in the here and now satan is out to destroy you and he knows our weaknesses.If you are honest there were already issues in your life that you struggled with and never got the victory over.So where do you go from here as i found myself in the same situation i was a christian but walking according to the flesh.God does nt change his mind he always loves us but because of our choices we distance ourselves from God.The issue is that we like sin thats our wicked hearts and to be fair we cant change our nature only Christ can do that our old nature must be crucified with Christ.The stumbling block is our pride we have to admit that we cant do it For me that was terribly difficult i was so independent thinking i could do anything but the truth was a made a real mess of things.I sense you are at a crossroads and are feeling desperate and confused.So as a brother in the Lord you need to confess your sin to God and tell him that you are weak -LCB- we all are -RCB- and that you cant do it in your strength -LCB- None of us can -RCB- but ask him to send the holy spirit to help you deal with the temptations and the sin that you struggle with and he will help you to change your life he will empower you as he did me.Rather than look at who you are look to Christ and walk in him and he will make you a new man and sin will not have dominion over you.Jesus came to set us free from bondage.Having once been a slave to sin i know what it is like to have been set free by the power of God and that is what Christ is offering you today.All it takes is a desire to change or repent and admit we cant do it and trust him to give you the strength to walk in him regards brentnz

For in the attempt to satisfy the rule of reason (narrowly understood), we end up privileging the purely formal, structural conditions of mind over the particular, purely contingent conditions of nature.

Hence the reason why Hegel gives priority to mind over nature.

Moreover, Whitehead's own views on the significance of mind in and for nature generally have undergone a substantial transformation over the intervening fourteen years since the publication of CN.

If we recognize that the human self is not to be equated with its mind, though the logical and analytic faculties of the mind are an instrument of its freedom over nature and history, and if we know that the self is intimately related to its body but can not be equated with its physical functions, we then are confronted with the final mystery of its capacity of transcendence over nature, history and even its own self; and we will rightly identify the mystery of selfhood with the mystery of its indeterminate freedom.

Isaac comes to mind when I see other moms I know struggling over the behavior or nature of their two or three or four - year - old child.

The committee also suggested a new inclusive professional body for policing could become a useful part of the policing landscape, but only if the government is able to win the «hearts and minds» of police officers and staff over its nature and role.

More than 30 of my favorite like - minded thyroid, nutrition, and health experts joined me in Boulder, CO where we shared our commitment, personal stories, and passion for the way thyroid conditions are viewed and treated over a weekend of sharing ideas, learning, collaboration, tasty Paleo food and nature...

Hello I would describe myself as a laid back can go with any type flow individual im open - minded non-judgmental but no push - over by any means I stand firm on my ground yet happy go lucky in my attitude I love to laugh and be happy in nature

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«Auster coyly celebrates the power of the imagination and marvels over the labyrinthine nature of the mind in an archly playful and shrewdly philosophical tribute to the transcendence of stories.»

Stimulate your mind on visits to fascinating historical sites and exciting cities; relax on award - winning beaches looking out over turquoise waters and get in touch with nature amid the rugged landscape.

The rapid uptake is testament to the quality and unique nature of Hostelworld.com's range of over 24,000 independent budget accommodation properties product, inspiring independently minded travellers anywhere through the Travelport network.

The variety of game modes keep matches from feeling repetitive, but then again, it's the repetitive nature of starting all over again each new match that produces that «just one more match» mind set.

Process and Materials, 1960 - 1990,» Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA «Artificial Nature,» curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Deste Foundation for Art, The House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece «Stendahl Syndrome: The Cure,» Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY «Mind Over Matter: Concept and Object,» Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, October 3 — January 6, 1991 Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany, with L.C. Armstrong, Gretchen Faust, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Horn, Robin Kahn, Jutta Koether, Patty Martori, and Rosemarie Trockel «Liz Larner, Rosemarie Trockel, Meg Webster,» Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1989 «Whitney Biennial 1989,» Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY «The Desire of the Museum,» Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown at Federal Reserve Plaza, New York, NY Galerie Ryszard Varisella, Frankfurt, Germany «David Cabrera, Larry Johnson, Liz Larner,» 303 Gallery, New York, NY «Archaeology II,» Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA «Specific Metaphysics,» organized by Pat McCoy, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY 1988 «Nayland Blake, Liz Larner, Richard Morrison, Charles Ray,» 303 Gallery, New York, NY «A Drawing Show,» curated by Jerry Saltz, Cable Gallery, New York, NY «Re: Placement,» L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA «Life Like,» curated by Marvin Heiferman, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY Stadtmuseum, Graz, Austria, curated by Peter Pakesch; represented the U.S. along with Jennifer Bolande, Jon Kessler, Mike Kelley DAG, Los Angeles, CA 1987 «Room 9,» Tropicana Hotel, Los Angeles, CA «Nothing Sacred,» Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA «1987 Annuale,» L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA Jeffrey Linden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; curated by John Baldessari «Reworks: Recent Sculpture,» New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA «L.A. Hot and Cool,» M.I.T. Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

-- It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them; it may be a far harder thing to extract laws over which it has no control.

Driving his work are two main convictions: 1) Our current environmental problems — climate change, biodiversity losses, peak fossil fuels, natural resource over consumption — are but symptoms of the greater problem of fetishizing material economic growth; and 2) only by first changing our minds, recognized the literal and metaphorical interconnected nature of all life, will we make the lasting external changes required to create an ecologically sustainable civilization.

He studied 10,000 people over 20 years and compared them with those who more put value on intrinsic things — quality of relationships, relationship to nature — and he found the high consumer - minded people are less happy.

Matters might have been different if it could have been shown that the deceased had been emotionally vulnerable as a result of some mental disorder which, while not rendering her incapable of understanding the nature and effect of the transaction, could have made her more susceptible to any undue influence being exercised over her mind.

Keep in mind that if a tree falls on your house or other property and it was an act of nature, there's simply no control over this.

Human nature being what it is, over a period of years a close - knit group of well - meaning, dogmatically like - minded Realtors managed to convert the original idea of organized real estate into unwieldy, quasi-governmental agencies that sprouted growing nightmarish bureaucracies, studded with wasteful committees and task forces fore and aft.