Sentences with phrase «whole depends upon it»

This composition can be greater or less only insofar as what it includes is greater or less, so that the value for the whole depends upon the unity - in - diversity realized in the fragmentary occasions of the world.

Not exact matches

The welfare of the whole group, and especially the favor of the divine powers, were thought to depend upon unanimous respect for tribal customs and taboos and unanimous performances of religious rites.

The Christian Faith is sometimes criticized because it depends entirely upon an old - fashioned conception of God and upon the assumption that this little planet is the center of the whole universe.

Music, literature, and the visual arts all depend upon the ability of the artist to select and arrange individual components (notes, words, colors) and to create relationships among them in which each element contributes to the beauty of the whole work while the unity of the work enhances the value of each individual part.

Accordingly, Garaudy asks: «Is it to impoverish man, to tell him that he lives as an incomplete being, that everything depends upon him, that the whole of our history and its significance is played out within man's intelligence, heart and will, and nowhere else, that we bear full responsibility for this; that we must assume the risk, every step of the way, since, for us atheists, nothing is promised and no one is waiting?

When the divine meaning of the event is made to depend upon views of Jesus» divinity and when the presence of Christ in the church is made to depend upon a belief in the Resurrection, we cut the solid ground out from under the whole Christian position; we invest the purely speculative with an importance it does not possess and rely on it to perform a function it can not perform; and we open the door to discord and division.

Once we are delivered from that error we can understand that the Christian assertion is that we depend not so much on some presumed first cause in the remote past but always and everywhere upon the creative and sustaining power of the basic reality working in and through the whole creation.

A person's whole destiny depends upon getting a job that pays well.

We are saying that the genuinely whole community of faithful people knows that it depends upon God's healing power, and also knows that healing is never to be treated as its possession, or as a completed work.

I call upon every Jew to harken to his voice, to share his vision, to follow in his way, The whole future of America will depend upon the impact and influence of Dr. King.»

Just as the success of the computer depends upon the meticulous preparation of instructions by the programmer, omitting no step in the whole process, so it is assumed that the success of the human learner, who is believed to be (among other things) a very complex cybernetic mechanism, depends upon the scrupulous logical organization of teaching materials.

Paul's whole theology begins with a diagnosis of the human situation, and the truth and pertinence of that theology depend almost entirely upon whether that diagnosis is sound.

«There is a unity that underlies not only all mythologies and rituals but the whole of human culture, and this unity of unities depends upon a single mechanism, continually functioning because perpetually misunderstood the mechanism that assures the community's spontaneous and unanimous outburst of opposition to the surrogate victim» (pp. 299 300).

Can modern man consistently, permanently, and whole - heartedly believe that the fulfillment of his life depends upon the events associated with the life of the one man, Jesus of Nazareth?

Phases depend upon the completed occasion in the sense that they can not come into being apart from the whole, but this does not mean that the phases are constituted as to their nature by their relationship to the satisfaction.

If it be denied that the outset of concrescence is temporally earlier than its outcome, it would seem that the whole of concrescence must be inserted into that instant between two successive occasions, since the being of the second occasion first depends upon its becoming.

It was already in the universe, and the whole process depended upon it, although it was not conscious of it.

Since there is modification of parts to form wholes, the very possibility of explaining or predicting the properties of the whole by those of the parts depends upon a theory about the potential behavior of parts forming wholes, as the formalist interpretation suggests.

From the pandemic of pornography to reality T.V., to the insatiable urge so many feel to make the whole of life a performance on Facebook and Twitter, the distinction upon which civilization has depended — a careful demarcation between the public and the private — is dissolving before our eyes.

It depends upon where we look to get our clues to the nature of the whole.

In retrospect our enjoyment of the whole novel depends upon our having dwelled within the particular episodes which, felt in isolation from the rest of the narrative, are often absurd, unintelligible.

In other words, reputations can and do depend upon the authenticity of the recipe first and then of the powder that goes with the sauce, the skill with which the sauce is made, and in many cases the atmosphere in which the whole is served.»

The whole spoof depends upon convincing the world that temperatures have never moved as fast as they did in the last century.

With an effective training program and a proper diet, you will lose fat all over the entire body, although with different intensity for different body parts, which depends mostly upon your genetics, but all in all, weight loss is a whole - body thing.

This whole process depends upon the activity of zinc, vitamin B6 and taurine.

Finding the appropriate homeopathic remedy depends upon gaining a complete understanding of the patient as a whole person.

Depending upon the size of the chicken breasts, four whole chicken breasts could be a lot of chicken for this recipe.

The film depicts him as precisely the sort in incorruptible figure who dedicates his whole life to the welfare of the people, the non-existence of which is the premise upon which Feng Xiaogang's Personal Tailor depends.

While once upon a time being laid up with illness meant acquainting yourself with the pleasures of daytime TV or late - night infomercials (depending on what hours your ailment kept you up), nowadays the infirm have a whole universe of streaming options at their disposal to keep them company while they get well.

Perhaps teachers would be better off teaching a whole class lesson, that was followed by individual work done in ability groups (in other words, three or four different follow up assignments based upon the lesson depending on the students» levels).

If to be honest, the whole success of your problem solving essay depends not only upon clearly defined problem and solution, but also from the choice of problem solving essay topics.

Whole business will depend upon cash.

You see, when a participating whole life insurance plan is properly structured to maximize the cash value, the cash value can become available relatively quickly depending upon the amounts deposited and the other details of the policy.

Of course, implementation depends upon the individual managed future strategy in question and a client's specific situation, but fundamentally the whole point of mixing and matching managers is bringing together a diverse set of value propositions and skill sets.

Whether you accept this logic may depend upon whether you view whole life insurance as an asset.

After that, the financial parity decided upon by the court depends on a whole bunch of conditions as outlined in the Bill, but Section 8.1.

The whole world \'s fate depends upon your choices and...

RECs are issued to wind power generators and transferred to retailers under the Power Purchase Agreements signed between them and constitute the subsidy upon which the whole stinking rort depends (see our post here).

Despite the enormous challenges, we live in a time when knowledge and technology can be used to ensure the survival of whole ecosystems and the people who depend upon them.

The whole spoof depends upon convincing the world that temperatures have never moved as fast as they did in the last century.

In developing countries, whole communities depend upon sustainable forest management for their livelihoods.

If we were to seriously depend on these well - known, top professionals that supply a seriously large part of the world with temperature data upon which, if not in whole, but at least in majort part, the global average temperatures are calculated, it brings to mind too many serious and disturbing questions that I'm not going to ask a single one.

Generally though I would say the whole matter depends upon one's expectation.

So now the pause has falsified the GCMs, and so their estimates of sensitivity, upon which the whole CAGW meme depends.

If the whole surface of the earth is considered as a unit upon which a certain amount of heat falls each day, it is obvious that the mean temperature will depend upon the rate at which this heat can escape by radiation, because no other type of heat exchange is possible.

If, on the other hand, the dishonesty went to the root of either the whole of his claim or a substantial part of his claim, then it appears to me that it would be a fundamentally dishonest claim... a claim which depended as to a substantial or important part of itself upon dishonesty.»

Similarly a universal life insurance policy may end up outperforming a whole life policy depending upon interest rates.

The best type of life insurance for you depends upon your objectives, but most people will find that term life insurance, or sometimes whole life insurance is most appropriate.

Contrast that to a whole life policy which is intended to be in force for the rest of a person's life, and whose investment value depends in part upon dividend rates paid by the company.

You see, when a participating whole life insurance plan is properly structured to maximize the cash value, the cash value can become available relatively quickly depending upon the amounts deposited and the other details of the policy.