The phrase
"transcendent values" refers to principles or ideals that go beyond our everyday human experiences or material desires. These values are often seen as universal and timeless, guiding individuals towards a greater sense of purpose or moral significance. They are beliefs or concepts that surpass the ordinary and connect to deeper aspects of human existence.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«transcendent»
«values»
Sentences with «transcendent values»
- Contemporary American psychology largely ignores the possibility of moral choice rooted in a framework of transcendent values. (firstthings.com)
- But when even constructs are dropped, there is a mode of transcendent value - sensing beyond space and time. (newscientist.com)
- But with their conviction of the moral reality in the universe and their recognition of unseen but transcendent values in life, it was not strange that at the farthest outreach of their thought these thinkers should assert a solution in the direction of such values, even if they, as we also, could not formulate precisely the nature of that solution. (religion-online.org)
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