Sentences with phrase «worst of human nature»

«Flurry» Yates, the eponymous hero of Somerville and Ross's Memoirs of an Irish RM, who managed both to discharge his duties as a resident magistrate in 19th century Ireland, and in so doing demonstrate a deep understanding of the best and worst of human nature, and (intermittently) to keep control of his lunatic Irish setter Maria while out rough shooting snipe and woodcock on the Irish bogs.

It is a search that confronts Ben with one heart - rending shock after another; with the best and worst of human nature; with the resilience and fragility of love; and with truths that will haunt him through eternity.

Well into his years of hiding, he says «I have been given a lesson, in these years, in the worst of human nature, but also the best of it..»

«Even those characters embodying the worst of human nature are compelling.

He is the worst of human nature, and when combined with his charisma, becomes very dangerous.

Instead of immediate thrills, Tarantino wants to subsume the viewer in the worst of human nature and American culture.

Based on true events, Compliance has been described as one of the most disturbing movies ever made, for its intensive study of the worst of human nature.

His life caromed like few others: from the heights of football celebrity and corporate pitchdom to the lows of an infamous highway Bronco chase and a trial that showed off the worst of human nature.

The stories were dark, filled with characters who, for the most part, seemed to embody the worst of human nature and the human experience.

Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature.

The cognitive dissonance it inspires brings out the best and the worst of human nature — a concept that is flabbergasting to Naturalists as religious faith, by its very definition is unquantifiable, unprovable and totally subjectice.

Not exact matches

On Psych Pedia, Steven Parton, an author and student of human nature, explains how complaining not only alters your brain for the worse but also has serious negative repercussions for your mental health.

Some would say, of course, that O'Leary's religion is money; that he appeals to the worst aspect of human nature, greed, and that this in itself disqualifies him from participating in Canadian political life.

Perhaps even worse, they cover up even the existence of particular children, real beings in possession of both the imago Dei and fallen human nature.

Maybe even the most ardent right wing religious zealots can read this story and finally let it seep into their brains that there is no Jesus, there is no Lord watching over you and protecting you, and there is no devil... there is only human nature and some of it is good and some of it is bad.

Worse than just the threat of «extinction», this threatens the eternal frustration of human nature - spiritual as well as physical death.

Even though the two scholars represent opposite ends of the evangelical spectrum on salvation, both made essentially the same allegation: the wording seems, at best, theologically careless and, at worst, represents a heretical understanding of sin, human nature, and the human will.

Let us speak of a whole life of sufferings or of some person whom nature, from the very outset, as we humans are tempted to say, wronged, someone who from birth was singled out by useless suffering: a burden to others; almost a burden to himself; and yes, what is worse, to be almost a born objection to the goodness of Providence.

It's not just life / human nature / NATURE??? There are a lot of beautiful things in this world, but there is the uglier side as well... and to blaim it all on God — good or bad... well you might as well be living in the old testament... I am surprised there aren't still animal sacrifices to the angry, wrathful god that so many believe in... Oh, another question to the thumpers who believe that «God can be cruel» (And I really don't think Stephen King would say any of his work supports that)... So is God actually «perfect&rnature / NATURE??? There are a lot of beautiful things in this world, but there is the uglier side as well... and to blaim it all on God — good or bad... well you might as well be living in the old testament... I am surprised there aren't still animal sacrifices to the angry, wrathful god that so many believe in... Oh, another question to the thumpers who believe that «God can be cruel» (And I really don't think Stephen King would say any of his work supports that)... So is God actually «perfect&rNATURE??? There are a lot of beautiful things in this world, but there is the uglier side as well... and to blaim it all on God — good or bad... well you might as well be living in the old testament... I am surprised there aren't still animal sacrifices to the angry, wrathful god that so many believe in... Oh, another question to the thumpers who believe that «God can be cruel» (And I really don't think Stephen King would say any of his work supports that)... So is God actually «perfect»?

The investigation was co-chaired by the Bishop of Truro, Rt Revd Tim Thornton, who said whilst working on it he «seen evidence of some of the worst aspects of human nature».

«But, at the same time, we have also seen evidence of some of the worst aspects of human nature, in that there are people - men, women and children - in this country who are going hungry, and yes, there are some people who attempt to abuse any system that is put in place, be that from the state or voluntary bodies.

Whether this impulse is a trace of some particularly vicious strain humans inherited from simian ancestors or whether it is the worst blight of original sin, we seem to be stuck with it as a part of human nature.

in Our Knowledge of God [New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939], p. 23, writes: «The doctrine of the imago dei has its basis in the fact that our existent human nature presents itself to us, not as a simply bad thing, but as a good thing spoiled.»

But habit, both good and bad, is a characteristic of human nature, and repentance can be a process, especially if there isan element of addiction in the fault in question.

Still, in light of God's willingness to have faith in his creature by intending these moral powers for man and limiting his own powers for the sake of giving man «space» in which to be more than a «robot» or a «puppet» in a «stage play,» and most especially in light of God's willingness to enter into the worst of man's human - historical condition via the incarnation for the sake of redeeming the «lifeworld» that man, by his powers, has corrupted through sin, the moral agent can ultimately affirm his or her moral nature in confidence that this «image of God» will not only not be lost but will continue to be affirmed and redeemed to the glory of God.

We have learned from the Enlightenment and its Marxist negative image some bad lessons: a self - righteous view of human nature, individual or collective, a good - evil dichotomy in our judgment on others and in our social action, a shallow sense of human community, and an exaggerated confidence in the power of human beings to manage and control their own destinies.

In some respects it did worse than ignore, actually celebrating human exploitation of nature with no sense of limits.

This methodology of retrospectively assigning good facts to the good deity and bad facts to imperfect humans, or «mother nature» also has the convenient fringe benefit of making the putative god immune to disproof.

This methodology of retrospectively assigning good facts to the good deity and bad facts to imperfect humans, «mother nature» or the evil deity also has the convenient fringe benefit of making the putative god immune to disproof.

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

I recently exchanged e-mails with one of my former students about the perennial question concerning human nature: Are humans good or bad?

Producing plastic is extremely bad for the environment and a lot of chemicals and toxins are released in the nature polluting our waters, harming both the wildlife, sealife and us humans.

We are today at the mercy of the nature and it is human activity that has led to this worse climatic conditions we now experience,» Aregbesola said.

Residents have complained about the bad nature of roads particularly in the capital, which they say has worsened human and vehicular traffic.

Dr. Martin added: «These are just few of the human responses to climate change that, if left unchallenged, may leave us worse off in the future due to their impacts on nature.

Economic pressure is one reason, but so is human nature — our tolerance of the erosion that Grandin calls bad becoming normal.

Our violent primate nature, shared with chimpanzees, is bad news, especially when you add that both chimps and humans are extremely sensitive to imbalances of power.

So many in the gym have the attitudes that you pointed out, pre-judging someone, before you now them is a bad part of human nature.

Worse, how can the algorithm account for a basic, well - documented quirk of human nature: that people are actually pretty whimsical about whom they're attracted to?

Dating apps for the elite reinforce the worst aspects of human nature.

The early 2000s presented a series of misfires for Robbins — AntiTrust (2001), Mission to Mars (2000), and Human Nature (2001), writer Charlie Kaufman's eagerly awaited follow - up to Being John Malkovich, fared rather badly in theaters — though his versatility and respect within the industry remained solid.

The movie also strikes the right tone, and while grim I liked its depiction of human nature for good or bad.

While Olive's bad acting threatens to ruin the play, her bodyguard, a thug by the name of Cheech (Palminteri, A Bronx Tale), soon proves invaluable through his street - smart insight into human nature and realistic dialogue.

The dramatization as THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT wisely takes the clinical approach, employing the detachment of the scientific method in recreating the events that are as disturbing now as they were over 40 years ago, not for where the experiment went so very wrong, but for what it revealed so clearly and, worse, so irrefutably about human nature.

The network wrote of her character, «Technology has brought about incredible change in her future — too bad human nature hasn't kept pace.

««HHHH» is a utterly compelling story which juxtaposes two antagonist forces — the worst and the best of human nature — as did «The Connection» in its depiction of Judge Michel's heroic journey to bring down the French Connection,» Goldman told Variety.

The desperation and true nature of humans, both good and bad, rises as the day of destruction gets closer with every ominous second.

Logically, its supporters should be those who firmly believe that we should focus our efforts on repairing the characters of children rather than on transforming the environments in which they learn, those who assume the worst about human nature, those who are more committed to preserving than to changing our society, those who favor such values as obedience to authority, and those who define learning as the process of swallowing whole a set of preexisting truths.

Alexander McCall Smith's hugely popular No. 1 Ladies» Detective Agency novels are routinely classified as mysteries, yet their strength lies not in the conventions of crime fiction, but rather in their astute depiction of human nature at its best and worst.

Taking as its subject the very worst aspects of human nature - our propensity for crime, cruelty, and bloodshed - it shapes that disruptive material into order, wholeness, and meaning.