Sentences with phrase «not eminent»

(But not eminent, unless the raise will somehow be prominent and distinguished.)

William Connolley observed early on that one of his problems was that he wasn't eminent enough in the field for his criticisms to be accepted, despite their validity.

Not exact matches

It recognizes that software, not hardware, is now eminent.»

The Niskanen Center is already preparing challenges against eminent domain for pipelines that feed liquefied natural gas exports terminals, though the argument has not been tried in court yet.

Like anyone along the route of proposed oil or gas pipelines, Rosinski was in a position where, had she not signed the agreement, her land would have been taken anyway by virtue of eminent domain — a right the government can assert to seize private property for public use.

This year's Milken Institute conference, a Davos - like gathering of the world's most eminent financial minds but in the sunny climes of Beverly Hills, has one consistent theme: valuations can't keep rising so the music must be about to stop.

The thing is Perry still hasn't been hit on the eminent domain / crony capitalist thing in a debate and I would be interested in seeing how he takes those punches in debate and how he hits back.

When the eminent physicist Edward Witten rhapsodized to an uncomprehending science journalist about the mathematical structure of superstring theory («I don't think I have succeeded in conveying to you its wonder, incredible consistency, remarkable elegance and beauty»), he was expressing a delight that only a handful of people in the world could ever share.

Even though the traditional God has the power to extend aid in an eminent way, it appears as if he has not and will not intervene to prevent unnecessary evil.

Do these eminent theorists have anything to add about the numerous post mortem sightings of Jesus not confined to the Apostles?

But they do not represent my opinion, but rather that of the eminent Orthodox theologian John Zizioulas.

And Hartshorne does just that: «The eminent form of sympathetic dependence can only apply to deity; for this form can not be less than an omniscient sympathy, which depends upon and is exactly colored by every nuance of joy or sorrow anywhere in the world (DR 48).

(And, lest you object that the federal government «owns» the national forests, and not the cathedral, let me add that nobody would dare try to take the cathedral through eminent domain either.)

I agree but add: God had no alternative to willing that there be some free creatures, first because (pace Alston) the idea of not creating at all could occur (if I may say so) only to a confused creature, second because, as Peirce, Bergson, and Whitehead have seen, by a «creature» we can consistently mean only a lesser form of the freedom or creativity which in eminent form is deity.

He would criticize Swinburne for viewing God as eminent reality, maintaining that nothing, not even God, has aseity as a totally independent being.

It is not surprising that the slums in our cities, where there is an intense struggle for basic necessities, have become scenes of violent conflict, M.N. Srinivas, the eminent sociologist, observes «The richest soil for communal frenzy to build on is poverty, illiteracy, unemployment and slum — like conditions — all of which are m plenty in urban India» (India Today, January 16 - 31, 1993).

Like every part of the cosmos, only in an eminent degree, it has its own distinctive characteristics, not shared by other cosmic events and processes; so it must be understood in its own terms.

In one of these, the words of Jesus to people in an authoritarian society, to «make up your minds not to prepare your defence beforehand» (Luke 21:14, NEB), make eminent sense.

If, on the other hand, the assertion is construed subjectively, as asserting that God is the eminent subject of experience, because the only individual who experiences all things as their primal source and final end, it, too, can be shown to be true necessarily, although neither literally nor analogically, but only symbolically, on the understanding that it is nevertheless really and not merely apparently true, because its implications can all be interpreted in the concepts and assertions of a transcendental metaphysics, whose application to God, as to anything else, is strictly literal.

They have not, in the words of Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, «practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.»

Many biologists, and not the least eminent among them (all being convinced that Man, like everything else, emerged by evolutionary means, i.e. was born in Nature) undoubtedly still believe that the human species, having attained the level of Homo sapiens, has reached an upper organic limit beyond which it can not develop, so that anthropogenesis is only of retrospective interest.

The point is not that such appraisals are made «in time» and not «in eternity», as some would like to phrase it; I have already tried to make it clear that such a dualism will not serve us and that God himself is «temporal» although in what we may style «an eminent manner».

He said, in referring to the Holy Spirit's intent in inspiring the Bible, «it is clear from a churchman who has been elevated to a very eminent position that the Holy Spirit's intention is to teach us how to go to Heaven, and not how the heavens go.»

I am not claiming for God either eminent reality or necessary existence in contrast to contingent existence.

Once freedom anywhere is granted, an orderer is explicable as supreme or divine freedom inspiring (Plato «persuading») all lesser freedoms to feel the attraction of the cosmic plan envisaged by the (eminent but not the only) Decider.

«Why this association was important in first century Palestine was addressed by «Stories circulated to the effect that Alexander of Macedonia was not only the son of Philip II, but also of the god Zeus - Ammon (Plutarch, Parallel Lives, «Alexander» 2.1 - 3.2); Plato was the son of Ariston and the god Apollo (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 - 2), and Augustus was the son of Octavius as well as the god Apollo (Suetonius, Lives o f the Caesars 2.4.1 - 7).

In the narratives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the chosen ones are not natural heroes, stronger or more eminent than others, like the heroes of myth or tragedy.

God is not temporal simply as we are but still is so in an eminent way or (as Whitehead says) «in a sense» temporal.

The seminary faculty there boasts two eminent Barth scholars, George Hunsinger and Bruce McCormack, who don't see eye to eye.

Finally, an appeal could always be made to the eminent gifts of a John Bunyan as justification for not insisting unduly that education was indispensable in the ministry.

Alexander is not mentioned elsewhere, but Paul sends greetings (Rom 16:13) to a man named Rufus, «eminent in the Lord,» and his mother.

You can walk into Lawry's Prime Rib in Beverly Hills, as prized NFL prospect Jonathan Ogden did on a recent evening, wearing an outfit that wouldn't get you through the servants» entrance at Deion Sanders's house, let alone into one of L.A.'s most eminent eateries.

... The eminent Dr. Karl Compton of MIT looked into the future and crisply prophesied: «The field of atomic science is so little explored that we should not be surprised if the next generation should uncover the most exciting and far - reaching developments in the whole of history.»

An eminent biologist explains why anglers should not be penalized by needless regulations on the largemouth bass and offers reliable fishing tips

In fact, there was a strong argument between an eminent consultant who insisted by daughter was growing normally and a more junior doctor who thought she wasn't.

As for Hoffman's recent agreement to sell the farm to the Park District, Berg said: «I don't believe you can sell property to avoid a lawsuit — in this case an eminent domain lawsuit.»

It is not without some eminent responsibilities right away.

«I have not discussed this assignment with any of these eminent New Yorkers but I am confident they would serve their state on a voluntary basis if asked.»

Research conducted by the eminent psephologist, Professor John Curtice, found that middle class people needed more reassurance than their working class compatriots that independence would not have an adverse effect on the country's economy.

Nigel Adams, head of democratic services, says: «We understand that there are people, including some eminent legal people, who are not convinced that this part of the Localism Act does what Eric Pickles says it will do.»

When the owner doesn't want to sell, the government would have to try to acquire the land with eminent domain power.

And furthermore, I don't know enough about eminent domain to judge whether or not he could as Governor use it to block the mosque.

@jeffronicus, i can concede that eminent may not have accomplished my desired goal, but I'm still curious as to what the protestors, and those who support them (ie not conflicted), think the ultimate purpose was.

For ultimately proving themselves not enamored of the war in Iraq, for coming down hard on the Supreme Court's wretched call on redevelopment related eminent domain in Kelo vs. New London, and for not buying into the lie that cheap foreign labor at home or abroad is good for the country, John and Jane Q. deserve a buttery star.

We read the Kelo case back in 2005 and immediately drafted a law for Westchester County to ensure that our government would not allow for such misuse of eminent domain.

If they had not come to an agreement with the company, the resident's land could have possibly been used anyway through eminent domain with compensation set by a court.

I would be very cautious about the use of eminent domain if there is not a huge public benefit.

It is not that long ago that the eminent American molecular biologist and Nobel prize - winner, Joshua Ledberger once quoted «The greatest threat to mankind's dominance comes from the microbe.»

Stressing the importance of his appointment as co-Chair of Advocacy Group of Eminent Persons for SDGs, which was announced on 11th April, 2017, by the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, President Akufo - Addo indicated that the appointment was not about him, but rather about Ghana as a mark of trust in her leaders.

And he's willing to use eminent domain against property owners who do not cooperate.