Sentences with phrase «ordinary concepts of»

Attention must be paid to the telling reversal of ordinary concepts of power that Paul presents in his first letter to the church at Corinth.

As Whitehead points out, this concept of substance mirrors the ordinary concept of a thing, according to which reality consists in «things» that are «simply located,» are isolated from one another, and manifest an unchanged, enduring essence, their very «substance,» that underlies their fixed or changeable determining conditions or «accidents.

Les Merveilleuses LADURÉE proposes «unexpected» beauty beyond the ordinary concept of cosmetics to women who pursue new forms of beauty.

Not exact matches

In that document I had laid out the concept of playing games using an ordinary TV set and proposed a lot of game ideas, thus making that document the closest thing to the Magna Carta of the home video - game industry.

Policymakers in New Zealand are the latest to give their blessing to the concept of allowing small firms to raise funds from ordinary retail investors via equity crowdfunding.

Mason somewhat artificially narrows «the ordinary concept (or interpretation) of time» against which ecstatic - horizonal temporality is counterposed to the point - set interpretation of the time - continuum required by Newtonian mathematical mechanics.

The method employed to generate this generic concept consists, on one level, in close scrutiny of ordinary cases (cf. CSPM 231), seeking to find what is common to them.

I have been searching all my adult life for the biblical concept of ekklesia — a gathering led by the presence of God where ordinary people are free to share and minister to one another according to 1 Corinthians 14:26.

The italicized portion is a partial depiction of the middle concept in which the whole of God is conceived as an infinite totality of conceptual feeling; the part in ordinary print indicates how this account could be revised, by means of insertion, to accord with Whitehead's final view.

(1) In one sense, «knowledge of God» and «ordinary knowledge» (including theological knowledge — I use these clumsy concepts here mainly to distinguish them and so to argue their relatedness) are related because they set each other off; they help define one another by spelling out what each is not.

What's important is that we don't treat such concepts as if they were improvements on the ordinary ways in which the saints express the faith; they are simply shorthand terms, a tool kit which helps us keep certain crucial aspects of the gospel alive in the mind and worship of the church.

Thus, in his comments on defining religion, Berger approvingly refers to Rudolf Otto's idea of the holy, and suggests in the light of that concept that religious experience must be recognized as distinct from «the experiences of ordinary, everyday reality.»

This interpretation must be done according to the three dimensions of the ordinary concept that the absolute testimony has taken on.

Whitehead believes that in this way he can escape thinking in terms of substance, a concept he has rejected and that he thinks would predominate as long as one continues to think in terms of the things of, and the categories flowing from, ordinary experience, practically oriented as it is.

Yet God is not only the supreme irrationality (as Whitehead said) in that deity can not be «explained» in terms of ordinary concepts — although deity can be seen as what Whitehead styled the «chief exemplification» of the principles required to interpret things.

The philosopher has to refine and extend that concept, applying it not only in ordinary contexts (e.g., the sun's heating) but to all nature, to the subtle, complex activities of primary qualities, or, in Whitehead's terms, to the workings of all actual entities.

To show that God is nevertheless effective I find it necessary to introduce the unfamiliar concept of the creative future, as distinguished from our ordinary created future.

Most ordinary theologians today are impressed with the metaphorical, symbolic and mythical character of our language and our concepts.

For the reductionist can always argue that, while it may be good heuristics to develop concepts peculiarly fitted to each of the rungs (if they are not already available in ordinary language), these will be necessarily anthropomorphic and their sole function in the scientific enterprise is to invite reduction.

Another door might be opened by the discovery of phenomena that do not fit neatly into the ordinary scientific scheme and can more easily be understood in terms of process concepts.

«We have a government and a ruling elite who have no concept of the struggles of ordinary people.

The statement added: «If the theme of the year is to be successfully realized, it is imperative that platforms of national authorship and ownership be speedily established to enable a cross session of ordinary Africans to connect with what is at present an abstract concept restricted to the ivory tower of the political elite, bureaucrats and academics.»

«The women and men who cheered in that group have no concept of how that looks to the outside world, in ordinary workplaces,» she added.

The concept for the project was simple — to document as much life as possible in one single cubic foot during the process of an ordinary day.

So I start by describing how we understand the origin of mass of ordinary matter, for normal matter, the stuff you and I are made out of, really starting from constituents that have zero mass, realizing Einstein's dream of reducing mass to energy explaining how mass arises from energy, which is a more basic concept.

It might sound like the fantasy of a scientist who has read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland too many times, but the concept is the basis for a new method that could enable biologists to image an entire brain in exquisite molecular detail using an ordinary microscope, and to resolve features that would normally be beyond the limits of optics.

Still, Moore's casting of a gay teen hero in a high - concept fantasy marks an significant expansion of GLBTQ literature into genres that reflect teens» diverse reading interests; given the mainstream popularity of comics - inspired tales, the «average, ordinary, gay teen superhero» who comes out and saves the world will raise cheers from within the GLBTQ community and beyond.

What do you think of the concept of necessity as a justification for behavior that would not be condoned in ordinary circumstances?

Not against that concept of «ungluing» a book, of course, but against the idea that ordinary readers would be willing to donate money to a publisher to make a book permanently public domain.

Not against that concept of «ungluing» a book, of course, but against the idea that ordinary readers would be willing to donate money to a publisher... [Read more...]

Here you're going to get the most life - changing ideas and concepts compiled into what you'll soon discover to be an accurate map of life which will position you towards living an incredible, fulfilling, regret - free, unforgettable, exciting, out of the ordinary, amazi...

An amount received for the transfer of a right to an income stream severed from the property to which it relates is income according to ordinary concepts.

Thus, an amount received for the transfer of a right to an income stream severed from the property to which it relates is income according to ordinary concepts.

Whether a profit from an isolated transaction is income according to the ordinary concepts and usages of mankind depends very much on the circumstances of the case.

Now, this isn't out of the ordinary, concept art for Agent has a habit of turning up out of nowhere with people suggesting that it's absolutely from the game, and nobody has ever really been able to prove them otherwise — typing «that's so fake» on Twitter means nothing, folks — Rockstar have also never confirmed that the concept art is indeed from the long - gone Cold War thriller.

This juxtaposition of signifiers, «at once serious and tongue - in - cheek,» was fundamental to the inspiration behind collage: «Emphasizing concept and process over end product, collage has brought the incongruous into meaningful congress with the ordinary.»

-LSB-...] Today, the voyage is also a concept of mediation, between ordinary and uncanny, rural and urban, natural and artificial, and real and virtual.

In a contemporary context, the voyage is also a concept of mediation: between ordinary and uncanny, natural and artificial, rural and urban, real and virtual.

Often using ordinary objects as a starting point, Rickard explores new potential avenues for their use and in doing so maps the architecture where they are sited, redefining our concept of spatial and objectual perception.

Expanding on Marcel Duchamp's concept of the readymade, Rauschenberg imbued new significance to such ordinary objects as a patchwork quilt or an automobile tire by combining unrelated items and incorporating them into the context of art.

The mathematical concept of probability and the ordinary language term «probability» are only metaphorically related.

Conversely, another court (in the same circuit, no less) reasoned that «the plain, ordinary meaning» of the words was sufficient in taking a «common sense» approach to defining the concept.

We explored the philosophical foundations of the common law, traced the evolution of the concept of equal access to justice, and considered different sociological analyses of how ordinary Canadians interact with the civil justice systems built to serve them.

When you combine that internal concept with the adversarial nature of the criminal trial, and the ordinary human desire to «win» any particular contest, which competitively inclined lawyers probably have to an above average extent, you have ideal circumstances for poor intuitions about the best answer to an ethical dilemma.

In Friedrich v Friedrich, 983 F2d 1396, 1401 (CA 6, 1993), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit noted that «habitual residence» is a flexible concept that bears no real distinction from «ordinary residence.»

In the middle of the spectrum, we might find concepts like «ordinary negligence» which involves a greater degree of carelessness.

One aspect of the ruling has also sparked legal controversy, turning ordinary South Africans into overnight armchair experts on the vexed issue of dolus eventualis, a concept of intent that holds a person responsible for the foreseeable consequences of their actions.

It wouldn't be entirely out of the ordinary if it turns out the Jet White iPhone 7 rumor is merely another fan - made concept — much like this mockup of the AirPods in Jet Black.

FF itself is best known, as well, for announcing that it was going to blow the automotive industry wide open with a grand reveal at CES last year and showed a pretty ordinary pie - in - the - sky concept car straight out of the 1950s.

However, as we keep pointing out, the whole concept of the budget phone has been turned on its head in the past year (ironically, it was the Moto E that was responsible for proving that great performance could be delivered at a relatively low price too), and in that regard, frankly the new Moto E comes off looking rather ordinary in comparison to the likes of the Redmi 2 and Lenovo A6000, both of which pack in 720p displays, much better 8.0 - megapixel cameras, 4G connectivity (notwithstanding its limited availability in India) and also come with better processors and dare we say it, design.