Sentences with phrase «thoughts upon community»

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Hey Simon, I think you've touched upon a really important point about the actual size of your community vs social reach.

Yet, thinkers from Edmund Burke to Russell Kirk have shown the deeply anti-conservative bases of the social contract theory of Lockean (and Hobbesian) origin, one that is premised upon a conception of human beings as naturally «free and independent,» as autonomous individuals who are thought to exist by nature detached from a web of relationships that include family, community, Church, region, and so on.

Speaking earlier today, Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said: «As we all reflect upon what happened my thoughts, and those of all of us in the Met, are with those who lost their loved ones, their homes and a community that is in mourning.

Those who believe that the only fruitful thinking is that which attempts strenuously to clear the slate of all received opinion and to attain to methods that can be approved and accepted by men of all cultures, will disapprove of the continuance of a mode of thought that recognizes its dependence upon the particularities of one community.

«God is Love», says the first letter of St. John, summing up in that simple three - word phrase the conviction to which the primitive Christian community had come when it thought about, meditated upon, responded to, and in profound acceptance came to grasp what indeed God was «up to» in that crucial event which took place at a given moment in history.

If he is thinking principally of the new situation of the believer, the emphasis is upon the community.

We are thinking both of the concrete impact of Jesus upon the members of the community which was formed about him and of the ways in which the community tried to explain the magnitude and the revolutionary consequences of that impact.

Like disciplined thought itself, community flourishes or perishes depending not only upon the critical acumen of the various voices that comprise it but also upon the extent to which and the manner in which they respect and listen to one another.

Even so, there are some basic outlines that circumscribe academic communities: their face - to - face quality, their common pursuit of knowledge and understanding, and their integral character, the sense in which the quality of the individual's thought and the quality of the communities» thinking are mutually dependent upon one another.

All I can try to do now is to remind you that the process of reflection upon the God of Jesus, by which I mean upon the good news announced by Jesus, that the kingdom of God is at hand, was begun and carried on by people whose thinking was determined by the fact that they belonged to a particular community.

Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish... so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other evidence of the Exodus and other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...

Social agencies, welfare groups, religious organizations, commercial concerns, all have marched into our communities — especially our inner - city communities — with preconceived notions of superimposing their structures upon a community, of afflicting a community with a structure that was developed in some think tank without consulting any significant forces within the community itself.

Just as we sometimes fail to recognize how dependent we actually are upon the historical revelation, falsely supposing that our knowledge of God has been derived entirely or largely from nature and reason, so also often, having accepted the fact of revelation, we think of it as having been made directly to us as individuals and thus regard ourselves as being at every essential point independent of the community.

Thought in the Buddhist community focuses upon man and his possibilities for salvation or illumination.

I don't think we will ever know which is best, since there are so many factors to consider, but we have to make choices as parents based upon what we believe is best for our children, community, and the environment.

This was made clear when Community Board 1, upon hearing that Governor Andrew Cuomo, shortly after taking office, was thinking of removing Chris Ward from the Port's helm, unanimously passed a resolution calling on the new governor -LSB-...]

Musser: I think the scientific community and science journalist [s] bear a little bit of [the] responsibility for that perception among the public because we always talk about the LHC as recreating conditions not seen since the big bang, and you would therefore think if there hasn't been an energy level like that seen since the big bang, then all the phenomenon of the big bang might be unleashed upon us; these black holes, possibly being one, because people do talk about black holes having been created in the early universe.

The overall purpose is to help young people gain better knowledge and understanding of their rights as EU citizens and to: enable young people to engage with an issue which will be foremost in the news for at least the next twelve months, and possibly longer; understand the choices facing the UK government, other EU governments and the EU institutions, on this issue; think critically about the issue of citizens» rights in the context of Brexit, coming to their own opinion about the best way forward, and gaining a better understanding of the impact upon themselves and their communities.

Building upon i2i Event Group's portfolio of award - winning education events, this new event has been crafted to meet the specific needs of schools that have joined, or are thinking about joining, the growing community of academies and MATs in the UK.

Once we had the project we were then able to draw upon community resources such as Urban Planning lecturers from our local university, Project Managers and Urban Planners (two of whom were female) to provide the girls with insight into these careers and use their expert knowledge.I think the connection to a real world application and using a problem based learning pedagogy has been very important.

As I reflect upon my teaching experience and the community I call home, I find myself constantly thinking about the future of my students.

Walking in to a former student's classroom unannounced and encountering the thinking, compassionate, and productive learning community he or she has created based upon his or her work with me.

Thought to be the nation's largest single investment in career - readiness education, the $ 250 million Career Pathways Trust is designed to reinforce existing school - to - work programs and help spur the development of new ones — regional partnerships between K - 12 entities, community college districts and business and industry that prepare high school students for careers upon graduation.

I think a lot of those types of friendships depend upon whether you choose to work and live in the community in which you where raised.

I would like to think that from here on, updates will be limited and changes will be calculated (basically: bug fixes, and balance adjustments that have been carefully debated and agreed upon by the overwhelming majority of the community), as opposed to experimental, unnecessary, and sometimes seriously stupid.

Considering the involvement in the anti-global warming community of industry shills with a proven past involvement in industry funded conspiracies to cast doubt upon valid science (see e.g. «Merchants of Doubt» or http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/plagiarism.conspiracies.felonies.v1.0.pdf), not to mention the criminal break - in to CRU's email, I think the existence of a conspiracy against climate science is pretty well established.

Back in what now seems eons ago I thought hard for quite a while about building a legal forms wiki — an open site that would feature legal forms for open use, that could be built upon and improved — even annotated — by the community.

«I hope that the present foray into algorithmic game theory will encourage our community to continue to think explicitly about assumptions and goals for crowdsales as we experiment with and build upon the trustless, cryptoeconomic power of smart contracts.»

While some members of the crypto community assume that the world champion's attraction to cryptocurrencies is an organic development, others think that the celebrity's popularity is being capitalized upon by marketing companies aiming to sell their coins.

Commenting on the current Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, Mr Kirby said media reports of the conditions in some communities was «a horrible thought for us Australians to think about and to reflect upon».

The strength of Australian culture, I think is dependent upon the strength of the Aboriginal community because it's part of the Australian community and without the Aboriginal community being healthy and strong and self - assured then there will always be one broken wheel on the car, you know it's just not gonna run well.

It is already blowing my mind how supportive and helpful this community is, I think I am very lucky to have stumbled upon this site.