Sentences with phrase «such egotism»

But feminist theologians point out that such egotism does not stem from an isolated ego.

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Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism.»

If the word egotism includes positive self - regard and creative self - determination, and if — being female, or poor, or a person of color — we have been denied opportunities for such self - regard and self - determination, we may act egotistically for good reasons.

Young people in particular often visualize their moral problem in some such way as this: on the one side is the ideal life with its purity, its self - forgetfulness, its fine awareness of things invisible, and on the other side are the primitive instincts — pugnacity, egotism, sensuality, the caveman within, and between these two there is an irreconcilable hostility.

That unsharable feeling which each one of us has of the pinch of his individual destiny as he privately feels it rolling out on fortune's wheel may be disparaged for its egotism, may be sneered at as unscientific, but it is the one thing that fills up the measure of our concrete actuality, and any would - be existent that should lack such a feeling, or its analogue, would be a piece of reality only half made up.

To see if a president's speeches reflect egotism in American society at large, the team compared its results to studies of egotism in other cultural products, such as 20th - century books and songs.

Although all of the characters are detestable in terms of their actions and egotism, we like them all despite their vices, and seeing them engage with each other and constantly manipulate the situation proves to be one of the more subtle delights in a film full of such choice little moments.

Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.

Such thinking is insane, yet such thinking is exactly what we apply in the case of animals being murdered, and because of our human animal egotism, selfishness and arrogance, we allow to be done to other animals, what we would be outraged at, if it were done to US or to someone WE loSuch thinking is insane, yet such thinking is exactly what we apply in the case of animals being murdered, and because of our human animal egotism, selfishness and arrogance, we allow to be done to other animals, what we would be outraged at, if it were done to US or to someone WE losuch thinking is exactly what we apply in the case of animals being murdered, and because of our human animal egotism, selfishness and arrogance, we allow to be done to other animals, what we would be outraged at, if it were done to US or to someone WE loved.

timely responses to communications by email and telephone timely production of documents especially medical counsel for plaintiffs advising their clients about early settlement and realistic expectations counsel for defendants advising their clients to attend mediations with sufficient settlement authority expertise in a particular area of law posturing and egotism on both sides claims for punitive damages where none are warranted under law preparation for significant events such as examinations for discovery and motions accountability for the consequences of steps taken or delayed unnecessary or defensive crossclaims and third party claims by defence counsel regional differences (some local bars are more collegial than others)