Sentences with phrase «significance of human action»

Interaction is a sign of divine condescension and also a sign of the significance of human action for God.

Building on the Platonic understanding of hell as the place where unpunished violations of justice are requited, Schall argues it is the consequence of our free will («the other side of human dignity») and of the significance of human action, opening up trains of thought in the direction of the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of the body - and finding this all pleasurable, «even amusing» (p. 121) in terms of logic and reason.

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We have here human actions and reactions that are of no significance.

Such a rejection is not uncommon in modern theology, but it overlooks the significance of human sinfulness as responsible action, an action that even God takes seriously.

The fulfillment of personality is thus a form of communion, whether it be with the God a man worships; or with nature under some aspect; or through intimate communication with ideal things, the inexhaustible quality of beauty or truth that pervades the universe; or with some cause that calls into action all one's powers; or even with things of lesser significance so long as they satisfy the human craving for union.

Processists are concerned with issues of priority and significance, of interpersonal action and interaction, and of larger human concerns in a way that is generally — and rightly — seen as central in the Continental tradition of philosophizing

But the impact of oriental religion coincides with a long history of religion in the West in which particular beliefs have been rendered questionable but the significance of religion and myth in human action has been reaffirmed.

To take up a position in the sphere of human action is futile, for in the strict sense this no longer has significance or content.

Now that they've demonstrated the significance of insulin signaling in the human mammary gland, they are planning a phase I / II clinical trial with a drug used to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetes to determine whether it improves insulin action in the mammary gland, thus improving milk supply.

Attribution is that aspect of human interaction that assigns significance to an action or an anticipation of behavior based on expectation.