But even with such a limited template, the quick shiftin»,» round
the world hedonism encountered in World Grand Prix felt very familiar.
Not exact matches
This light is not the superficial colouring that a crude
hedonism might discern; nor is it the violent glare that annihilates objects and blinds the eyes; it is the tranquil, mighty radiance born of the synthesis, in Jesus, of all the elements of the
world.
This insight explains the vehemence of his attack upon the German quest for the historical Jesus, just as it illuminates his behavior» during his first years at Lambaréné, when he ransacked the intellectual storehouses of the
world's religions in order to find some way to conceive of an affirmation of the
world that was not merely mindless
hedonism, a way that could motivate a powerful urge toward human betterment, toward perfection within the structures of natural existence.
Where Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman
World is strongest is in mapping out the historical development from
hedonism (inherited through Epicurean thought) to the eventual triumph of Christian philosophy, theology, and politics.
Their often desperate situations make our First
World existential agonizing over the effects of our 20th - century
hedonism on our 20th - century spirituality seem trivial and self - absorbed.
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Locking the outside
world out and sulking in your room proves to be just as harmful as diving headfirst into
hedonism.
Brave New
World Aldous Huxley's slim novel envisioning a future «utopia» with perverse qualities — as the human race succumbs to overdoses of pleasure, amusement, and
hedonism.
In hindsight, this tumultuous period — of
hedonism and racial tensions, excess and fear, progress and resistance — hastened the death throes of a country on the brink of financial disaster and of a
world on the brink of war.
For generations the holiday playground for people from all walks of life, the Gold Coast attracts visitors from around the
world, seeking a shot of its mix of
hedonism, sporting facilities and thrilling attractions.
What Greek Gotham does is then expose the myth to the penetrating Cycladic light, let
hedonism and the aesthetic take over, dissolve geography; what remains is the addictive desire for a place we know doesn't exist, a fiction that hinges on the real
world but is for ever beyond its reach.
On opening day of what is America's largest fair of contemporary art and Champagne - steeped
hedonism, the air kisses were shadowed by the challenges the presidency of Donald J. Trump might pose to an art
world that likes to imagine itself as a force for progress.
My work doesn't always offer solutions, but I do try to create
worlds that hold pleasure and
hedonism up, because I believe that experiencing joy in the current state of this
world is almost an act of rebellion.
Practitioners of Rational - Emotive Behaviour Therapy therefore encourage the pursuit of «responsible
hedonism,» seeking a balance between short - and long - term personally meaningful goals that improve the young offender's
world or, at least, cause it no undue harm.