Sentences with phrase «universal human attribute»

Not sin, for it is thought of as a universal human attribute; nor forgiveness, for it is conceived as a mere event in the world of external objects, on which man by his very theories and proofs exercises judgment, asserting that divine forgiveness can and must be thus and so.

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Moreover, it appears to be so exclusively associated with the human condition that it is hard to attribute to it any universal biological value.

To the former element Humboldt attributes the differences in human speech, the latter he is inclined to regard as universal.

«In my view, DNA sequence alone, even if accompanied by a vast trove of data on biological function, will never explain certain special human attributes, such as the knowledge of the Moral Law and the universal search for God,» he writes.