Sentences with phrase «student of human nature»

Any serious student of human nature with numerous decades of observation of the ever wavering compass needle of some of our specie's moral and ethical rectitude, or sustained lack thereof, will realize that some of us are, for the most part, fair - weather honesty sailors.

I'm something of a student of human nature and the dynamics of Gunny Highway (Clint Eastwood) and his ragtag band of Marine misfits (Oxymoron isn't it) is remarkable.

Ayn Rand was certainly heavy - handed, but unfortunately she was more astute a student of human nature than I wish she'd been.

As a student of human nature and the world, Gervais is superb, and his skillful observations have produced some great stage and TV performances.

In spite of the fact that Socrates studied with all diligence to acquire a knowledge of human nature and to understand himself, and in spite of the fame accorded him through the centuries as one who beyond all other men had an insight into the human heart, he has himself admitted that the reason for his shrinking from reflection upon the nature of such beings as Pegasus and the Gorgons was that he, the life - long student of human nature, had not yet been able to make up his mind whether he was a stranger monster than Typhon, or a creature of a gentler and simpler sort, partaking of something divine (Phaedrus, 229 E).

After writing that article, since I am a philosopher interested in practical reason and, in any case, a student of human nature, I wondered what could have made these invitations seem like a good idea to someone.

On Psych Pedia, Steven Parton, an author and student of human nature, explains how complaining not only alters your brain for the worse but also has serious negative repercussions for your mental health.

A dozen or so real live skeptics and cynics, with ample experience under their belts re real estate deals gone bad, being good students of human nature, need to come up with something better... much better.

The very best managers are natural psychologists (students of human nature without the PH D.) unencumbered with classroom indoctrination, but who really do care about their group members» lives.

Not exact matches

Fired by greed and fed by naïveté, these stratagems gone awry offer essential reading for investors as well as students of history, psychology, and human nature.»

We, and our students, have written not only about God but also about the problem of evil, Christ, the church, Christian education, pastoral counseling, preaching, the nature of human beings, history, liberation and salvation, spirituality, religious diversity, interfaith dialogue, science and religion, and other standard theological topics.

«To know human nature most deeply, one must become a student of the sacred.»

But Bach, astute student of the liturgy and of human nature, did not simply end the piece with the last words sung by the soprano.

I present urban form to my students in the long and large western humanist tradition that sees cities as communal artifacts that human animals by our nature make in order to live well (with all the teleological and virtue ethics implications of that tradition's notion of living well).

When a student learns math from a human teacher, the fire of love for the teacher is limited by whatever the nature of the relationship is, and the fire of love for the subject may well be limited by intelligence.

I recently exchanged e-mails with one of my former students about the perennial question concerning human nature: Are humans good or bad?

A recent and exhaustive meta - analysis of scientific data shows that top psychology studies tend to make conclusions about human nature based on samples taken solely from Western undergraduate students.

While it is human nature to be apprehensive the first time one moves out, I imagine my fellow students» transition was made easier by growing up with a culture that believes coming of age means leaving the nest.

Experiments have previously suggested that the CD8 T cells could protect against the virus, but the study of 341 staff and students at Imperial College London published in Nature Medicine is the first «natural experiment» to test the idea in humans during a pandemic.

These projects connect them with nature in their own backyards and school yards and use the Internet to create human connections with other students in the United States and around the world for a better understanding of our global ecosystem.

You'll come to know the world and human nature in a unique way by visiting schools and communities in your recruiting; talking with educators, parents, and policymakers; hearing thousands of life stories each year as you read applications and take part in admission committee deliberations, and then following the students you admitted throughout their college years and beyond.

Emphasize for students how images play on human emotion and energize the viral nature of fake news.

For 35 years teachers, students and parents have been stuck in the middle of the war of words between psychologists regarding the nature of human intelligence.

My classes, actually, contain a large number of ELL and SPED students, because of the non-traditional nature of Music and Human Rights, and the tendency of kids of all levels to be interested and talented in those areas.

It also gives the guidelines about the environment which encourages the students to behave right with their surroundings as humans are living on the mercy of nature.

Within the constantly evolving space of the studio, students explore a variety of topics and pursue fundamental questions about human nature, knowledge, technology, economics and geography.

Foreword by James Rosenquist vii Preface by Ira Goldberg viii Acknowledgments x Introduction: Miracle on 57th Street 1 Part 1: Lessons and Demos 15 Henry Finkelstein: On Painting, with a Critique 17 Mary Beth McKenzie: Painting from Life 27 Ephraim Rubenstein: Painting from Observation 39 Thomas Torak: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Painting 59 Dan Thompson: Learning to Paint the Human Figure from Life 75 Sharon Sprung: Figure Painting from Life in Oils 91 Frederick Brosen: Classic Watercolor Realism 107 Naomi Campbell: Working Large in Watercolor 123 Ellen Eagle: Poetic Realism in Pastel 135 Costa Vavagiakis: The Evolution of a Concept 148 Part 2: Advice and Philosophies 165 William Scharf: Knowing that Miracles Happen 167 Peter Homitzky: Inventing from Observation 181 Charles Hinman: Painting in Three Dimensions 193 Deborah Winiarski: Painting and Encaustic 203 James L. McElhinney: Journal Painting and Composition 213 Part 3: Interviews 229 Frank O'Cain: Abstraction from Nature 231 Ronnie Landfield: On Learning and Teaching 251 Knox Martin: Learning from Old and Modern Masters 269 Concours: Painting and the Public at the Art Students League by Dr. Jillian Russo 282 Index 286

Leading environmental figures like Paul Hawken and David Orr have joined students and faculty at NJIT in creating a streamlined resource network of inspiring books and films on issues like climate science, sustainability, social justice, and human nature.

If therefore the student in our laws hath formed both his sentiments and style, by perusal and imitation of the purest classical writers, among whom the historians and orators will best deserve his regard; if he can reason with precision, and separate argument from fallacy, by the clear simple rules of pure unsophisticated logic; if he can fix his attention, and steadily pursue truth through any the most intricate deduction, by the use of mathematical demonstrations; if he has enlarged his conceptions of nature and art, by a view of the several branches of genuine, experimental, philosophy; if he has impressed on his mind the sound maxims of the law of nature, the best and most authentic foundation of human laws; if, lastly, he has contemplated those maxims reduced to a practical system in the laws of imperial Rome; if he has done this, or any part of it, (though all may be easily done under as able instructors as ever graced any feats of learning) a student thus qualified may enter upon the study of the law with incredible advantage and reputation.

On a personal note, it's encouraging for me to see a law school finally paying attention to social psychology (and I can only hope that Yale and other schools will start thinking about individual psychology as well): it has always struck me as completely bizarre that although there is a tacit assumption that law has something to do with human conduct and is not just an exercise in art — if, as Shelley says, poets can be legislators, then lawyers can be poets — there is not one moment spent in a student's legal education in exploring the nature of the human actor.

When, as a graduate student, she told the head of her psychology department that she wanted to study emotion and the nature of human intimacy, he looked at her blankly and said, «We don't do that.

History provides students with an understanding and appreciation for different human experience and perspectives and enriches students» appreciation of the nature of change.

I emerged with my B.A. (Bugger All) in hand, but more importantly, I emerged from the process with a heightened understanding of human nature, both from a theroretical perspective as well as from an experiential perspective regarding the «indoctrination», as I describe it, of students» brains by some profs. who were hell - bent on creating new disciples of their own personal theoretically defined world views (sans any offsetting real life experience outside of the hallowed halls of academia).