Sentences with phrase «of human desire»

If consumption is by definition the satisfaction of human desires, then satisfying more desires surely contributes to human well being.

The nature of human desire, then, is that no particular desire is natural.

A man plagued by the darker side of human desire, and rage.

The crisis of the 1990s is one that touches upon the core of human desires, expectations and dreams.

Under these conditions it is not surprising that every society should have developed systems of belief and practice which attempt to counteract and compensate for these partial and ultimate frustrations of human desire.

It was a comprehensive effort to shape the interests of human desire through an alignment of the interests of church and state around common aims and cultural capital.

To say of human desires that they are excessive is, first, to repeat that they are open to almost infinitely varying configurations.

They lack the fundamental quality of markets: namely, of being a natural by - product of human desire on one hand and labour on the other.

The findings could help explain the evolution of our human desire to seek out «local knowledge» when visiting a new place or culture.

People want the rich opportunities to explore the full range of human desire those sites actually provide.

The result is a unique body of art highlighting how resource depletion is caused by cycles of human desire, consumption, and change.

Ullmann's version of «Miss Julie» exists in a special cinematic category; it's toxic, it's hypnotic, and passionately translates Strindberg's genius instinct for enlightening the multi-layered psychological spectrums of human desire for lust and power.

«3 Ludwig Feuerbach described the essence of religion as a reflection of human desires into a transcendent realm, and proposed therefore to change men «from friends of God to friends of men, from believers to thinkers, from worshipers to workers, from candidates for the «Yonder» «to students of the «Here,» from Christians, who, according to their own confession, arc partly animals and partly angels, to men, whole men.»

Sadly, I have not (yet) read the work, but imagine that it contains the same vibrant characters as her other books, with an equally powerful understanding of human desires (but without the violence).

Eberstadt presents a problem of human desire in both its male and female modes — perhaps even in a desire for the infinite.

This is still the case whether the shaping of human desire involves programs like the Affordable Care Act that seeks to orient humans toward care for the other or advocacy of programs that support a pro-life agenda.

The sour mockery of human desire that occurs in both Phantom Thread and Downsizing is the result of that revolution.

If there is one unifying theme of the book, it is just that - the complexity of human desire.

Westcombe's recent work deals with the fantasy world of the imagination and mines the expressive power of human desire as a means to alleviate boredom and confinement (one of Westcombe's projects was started as a way to relieve the tedium of 12 - hour shifts working as a car park attendant).

That sense of humor, that sort of sensibility — the seductress who grasps the absurd subtexts of human desire, lust, neediness — might just be the most important hallmark of the Stormy Daniels persona and brand.

«Fear and greed, most notable among counterproductive emotions where money is the object of human desire, can and often do compromise the capacity for rational and orderly thought» Frank Martin

«No vocation is the fulfilment of all human desire.

Smith posits an inspired rebirth of faith, Morressy the providential arrangements of human desire and action, and Lafferty the power of sacrificial miracle.

The Kingdom would be a creation of human desire and imagination; it would not be the Kingdom of God.

What did the new life mean for the first Christians in the realms of human desire, passion, creativity, knowledge, and love?

Wouldn't it be more glorious, if when you left this world, your reward in heaven was an elevation of your existance to something like pure energy... free of human desires like for gold freakin streets or virgins?

The Galatians are also encouraged to identify with Titus, who, with Paul's help, responded to the circumcision - free gospel of Christ instead of the human desires of the false brothers.

But wise is the author who can master the rage of jealousy, And the mastery thereof is peace; So I calm the spirit within me and ask, What desert of human desire is watered by Gibran's oases, The Prophet above all, but also The Garden of the Prophet And Jesus the Son of Man and Spirits Rebellious And poems and sketches numerous and miscellaneous?

Nor did they succeed in banishing all assumptions about the proper ordering of human desires.

It is aware of how easily the human mind is led astray by our biases and wishes, and so it seeks to find the truth independently of every human desire except the desire to know reality.

The derangement of human desire in the Garden opened human desire to an infinite range of possibility by making that desire inchoate.

God's holy purposes are hidden in the twists and turns of human conniving, in the darkened tents of human desire where we are lusciously deceived.

What was needed in the debates over music during the 1950s and 1960s was a broader theological vision that could help the Cooke's and Lewis's of the world understand the continuity between the sacred and the profane in terms of the shaping and orientation of human desire.

So pervasive is this individualistic thrust in our culture that the burden of proof rests on those who would set limits on the fulfillment of human desires.

Rational desire is the greatest and highest of human desires for the good, since it can reach after the specifically human good: the true good, the only good commensurate to the dignity of the human person.

October 1st remains a special date for all Nigerians as this marks the day when we attained one of the most precious of human desires — freedom.

As often with Seidl, there's something satisfying about the plainspoken mystery of human desires, but another result of the film is its underlining of the tension between the varying fidelity to the personalities and psychologies of his subjects, and the stirrings of the director's own creative urges — which, for example, lead him to partly fabricate episodes about a woman who looks after lifelike baby dolls kept in boxes in a storage room.

Still, it all comes together when you put the film in the context of the overall theme of the Paradise series, which is a dark portrayal of the human desire to achieve paradise on earth.

But as Nivola's key scene illustrates, it is also a potent, feminist exploration of human desire and the true meaning of freedom.

But if Frances Ha is a love letter from Baumbach, a filmmaker who has always been most fascinating when plumbing the darkest recesses of human desires and failures, imagine what his break - up letter would look like.

Claire Bessant, Chief Executive of International Cat Care said, «It is very depressing to see the life which has been deliberately dealt to some breeds of cats because of a human desire to develop a certain look.

How can a truly progressive and forward thinking game developer be discovered in this increasing sea of capitalist opportunists who pander to the lowest common denominator of human desires?

Westcombe believes that this capacity to construct the grotesque and the phantasmagorical in moments of sensory deprivation is a complex part of human desire.

Ornamentation, the action of decorating, acts as a starting point for a wide - ranging exploration of the uses, abuses and relevance of the human desire to ornament.

Korean artist Kim Joon explores the human skin as an extension of canvas and tattoos as a manifestation of human desire.