Sentences with phrase «very essence of the things»

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The man who is wholly taken up with the demands of everyday living or whose sole interest is in the outward appearances of things seldom gains more than a glimpse, at best, of this second phase in our sense - perceptions, that in which the world, having entered into us, then withdraws from us and bears us away with it: he can have only a very dim awareness of that aureole, thrilling and inundating our being, through which is disclosed to us at every point of contact the unique essence of the universe.

In very personal language, I believe that all things are progressing from the same divine source; that that source is the ground of all being and its essence is love and interdependence; that all human beings (all of life, really) are equal and beloved in its sight; that in response to that overarching, boundless love which ensures that no one is ever truly alone, I have a responsibility to assist in the creation of just and loving community here on Earth.

As Whitehead points out, this concept of substance mirrors the ordinary concept of a thing, according to which reality consists in «things» that are «simply located,» are isolated from one another, and manifest an unchanged, enduring essence, their very «substance,» that underlies their fixed or changeable determining conditions or «accidents.

On the face of it Santayana rejects all three of these departures from the tradition, since (1) he makes no very explicit move from a continuant to an event ontology, (2) regards the inherent nature of an object as a matter of the individual eternal essence which it actualizes and (3) regards the distinction between matter and form as at least a virtually inevitable way of expressing the obscure manner in which one state of things takes over from another (see RB 278 - 284).

The very essence of Christian conduct consists, not in refraining from bad things, but in actively doing good things, and not just for our friends, but for our enemies as well.

His understanding of this principle is best summed up in his own words: «Glory to God who created all things, being Himself their very essence.»

From our discussion so far one thing is clear: the crucial point and the very essence of Marx's critique of religion is not its denial of God, but the affirmation and acknowledgment of human autonomy.

Both questions lead in the same direction, toward the possibility of a provisional and qualified answer: if the character of happening only once is held to belong to the truth and measure of all things in their very reality, then there is indeed an essence which more than any other satisfies this truth - criterion, and this is the pure essence of time: time taken in itself, or pure movement — movement irrespective of any possible differentiation into the different kinds of movement.

Therefore, it is always first in terms of the essence of some very particular thing that a particular significance can be given to the concept of essence.

He turned his eyes away from the ungovernable, essentially inconceivable flow of time, and so away from the very process by which being shows itself, and looked instead toward a fabulous eternity of changeless essences, the timeless «ideas» or (more literally) «looks» of things; and it was to this latter realm that he accorded the authority of «truth» while consigning everything proper to time to the sub-philosophical category of «unlikeness.»

«I think that the one thing which impressed me most was learning the fact that we must be in absolutely constant relation or mental touch (this word is to me very expressive) with that essence of life which permeates all and which we call God.

But he added this time that with Silver's mounting legal troubles, the very system Albany runs on of having in essence the two top leaders in the Legislature, plus the governor, decide things strikes him as problematic.

«It's very disturbing to me that you can't come to some sort of resolve with this thing and move the project along because time is of the essence,» said Lyle Balistreri, president of the Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, shortly before the vote.

In essence, people appear to recognize that being with someone who has a similar personality is a good thing for the longevity of their relationship, but don't really see it as a very exciting or an important part of picking a future ideal partner.

This feeling was roused ever - so - slightly by a Gotham Awards news recap: «We just felt very lucky that we came across this beautiful story» went the Granik quote in a brief Times dispatch from the ceremony — on its face a gracious thing to say, but something that can also be seen as an attempt by the director to distance herself from the material, as if she were only the conduit through which the real essence of the backwoods locations passed, and not a force active in shaping the way in which they were depicted.

«The very essence of meeting the needs of children with disabilities is that learners need to be doing things at different times.»

Trying to uncover in himself the answer to how and why things have turned out as they have, excavating memories of family, of places he has called home, and of the way he has apprehended the world around him («one of my eyes is forever turning towards the world beyond»), Olly reveals the very essence of a man who, in some way, has always been waiting to be rescued from himself.

Might not the Booksellers Association be concerned that the very essence of its good work — the book — is challenged when the right - headed authors who create that thing are mowed down along with the very few who run porn?

Sometimes you might think of it more as willpower, but it is in essence a very similar thing.

Still, the thing is, it ruins the very essence of traveling in one's life.

One thing to make sure, the very, very least the thing you can do is preserve the essence of what the games are and why they are so good.

The artists initially consider the process of decay because, as they state, «it is a very intense vision of the world... the true essence of things can be found in decay, in everything that has been rejected, in junk, in rubbish.

He prompts the essence of things, the essence of bodies, by practically taking up a role of landscapist, as if he wished to return to the very beginnings of construction.

One important thing I've learned in the recruitment business is that time is very much of the essence.

In essence, you are able to have others (for very low $ $) do things that are not the highest and best use of your time.