Sentences with phrase «so on a vast scale»

The mere suggestion that a rational explanation of creation is possible, and indeed probable in the future, is enough to destroy the tender shoots of faith in immature souls and has done so on a vast scale and not just in atheistic regimes.

Those that do cause problems, however, can do so on a vast scale.

Not exact matches

Thus we have a harmonized collectivity of consciousnesses which together make up a sort of super-consciousness; the earth not merely covered by myriads of grains of thought but enclosed in one single enveloping consciousness so that it forms, functionally, a single vast grain of thought on a sidereal scale of immensity, the plurality of individual acts of reflective consciousness coming together and reinforcing one another in a single unanimous act.

In this spectacle of tranquillity and intensity, where the anomalies of detail, so disconcerting on our individual scale, vanish to give place to a vast, serene and irresistible movement from the heart, everything is contained and everything harmonized in accord with the rest of the universe.

There are obvious dangers associated with centralizing authority in vast, potent government bodies: It prevents communities from living according to their particular beliefs, inhibits continuous small - scale course corrections; relies on clumsy, expensive administrative units, and so on.

So it might be the case that the most promising approach to training is one that relies on the basics of conservatism: Concede our inability to perfectly foresee what's around the corner; avoid centralization; don't assume the government will have all of the answers; and rely on a vast array of small - scale, nimble, local solutions crafted by civil - society actors.

Teresita Fernández's latest solo show of new work As Above So Below, opening at MASS MoCA on May 24, 2014, combines graphite and gold to create a series of immersive, interconnected installations whose scale shifts from intimate to vast, from miniature to panoramic.

In the institution's central hall, Da Corte will erect a large - scale stage on which to examine, via imitation, four iterations of the Detroit - born star — as pop - cultural icon; as social phenomenon; as a brand so sensationally vast that in 2017 the word «stan» was added to the Oxford English Dictionary, its definition, in accordance with Eminem's song of the same name: «an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity».

Ok, so it isn't Basel, or even Frieze for that matter, but ABC provides something a bit different from the mega fairs, on a smaller scale and dedicated solo presentation, the vast majority of the galleries are German and they all have that distinctive feel, of being clinical and exact in presentation and execution, perhaps that stereotype of German efficiency rings true.

In the modern world, with our advanced capacity to extract and harvest resources, to pollute on an industrial scale, and the vast monetary incentives to do so, no private entity would stand in the way.

«Few of those familiar with the natural heat exchanges of the atmosphere, which go into makings of our climate and weather, would be prepared to admit that activities of man could have any influence on phenomena of so vast a scale.

As a brilliant earth scientist — until 1998 he was head of the geology department at James Cook University in Australia — he understood perfectly well that on the geological scale our planet has experienced shifts in climate of a magnitude so vast as to make a mockery of the notion that humans can influence or control it.

Very dramatic warming effects occur on a vast time scale, over decades and centuries, so we are unlikely to witness them in our lifetimes.

Because the region is so vast, even small ecological effects can scale - up to a large impact on the planet's carbon cycle,» explained Professor Phillips.»

The strong reactions to the findings of the Inquiry were not so much based on an inability to conceive that such events took place but at the vast scale of forcible removals and the often abusive experiences of those taken from their families.