Sentences with phrase «ordinary individuals began»

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At the beginning, a physical organism, whose life - principles were breath and blood, whose mental and emotional experiences were the functions of bodily organs, the ordinary man was submerged in the corporate mass of his tribe, without individual status, separate hopes, personal rights, or claim on divine care apart from the group.

Zen begins with the ordinary individual who is separated from his own true Buddha nature by the false dichotomies of a «Buddha» far back in history, or now in Nirvana; or, more existentially, man as separated from the world around him by a subject - object dualism.

Taylor begins with the «affirmation of ordinary life» that marks the modern focus on the individual and displaces the ancient emphasis on heroic public actions.

The Neuroscience & Society lecture series, begun in 2012, features outstanding speakers who discuss new findings about the brain and what they might mean for ordinary individuals and society.