“Of course, if one's reading Kierkegaard for personal interest that's fine - but it's sloppy scholarship just to cherry pick what suits one from a particular author, whether it's Kierkegaard, Heidegger, or whoever. Nevertheless, it does seem to me that even the more religious parts of the authorship can offer significant insights into the meaning of the human condition to those who can't then say that, e.g., they believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God and their personal Saviour.” IfsBelieveHumansDoeSeemsCoursesReadingJesusInterestChristReligiousConditionsParticularSonFineOffersPicksJesus ChristInsightSignificantSuitsHuman ConditionNeverthelessScholarshipSaviourCherriesAuthorshipSloppyPersonal InterestHeidegger Author:George Pattison
“After you are diagnosed with a condition that is reasonably likely to lead to intolerable suffering and eventually cause loss of competence. An individual in this situation is going to be followed closely, and if they've made this advance request, and had it approved, then obviously it's up to the medical team advising them to follow the legislation.” IfsMadeSufferingIndividualCausesLossSituationTeamConditionsMedicalLegislationCompetenceRequestApproved Author:Kelvin Ogilvie
“When there is enough oxygen in the air for everyone, no one is going to take to violence in order to access it. But if there were not enough of it for everyone then people would result to violence in order to get it. Therefore we have to improve the conditions to have better human beings.” PeopleIfsHumansEnoughOrderHuman BeingsResultsViolenceAirConditionsAccessOxygen Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Leibniz believed in freedom, both divine and human, and he thought that contingency was a necessary condition of freedom. That is, if an agent A acts freely when choosing X, then A's choosing X cannot be necessary. But there are some elements in his philosophy that seem to make contingency impossible.” IfsHumansPhilosophySeemsImpossibleConditionsDivineElementsAgentsContingency Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“If you are female, and conditions are otherwise apt, you are supposed to decide whether you want to become a mother by thinking carefully about whether you really want to have a child of your very own, what it would be like to be a mother, whether this is something you really want and will be happy with, etc. In general, you are supposed to evaluate whether you should have a child largely on the basis of what you think it will be like for you to have a child.” IfsThinkingWantShouldChildrenWould BeMotherConditionsFemaleShould HaveBasesEtcEvaluate Author:L.A. Paul
“Nature is telling us that if you don't respect the environment then you are living with artificial needs and a consumerism that is destroying the very conditions we need to survive.” IfsNeedsEnvironmentConditionsDestroyingArtificialConsumerism Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Businesses will only invest in Greece if three conditions are fulfilled. First, there must be a clear commitment to the euro. No businesses will invest if they have to fear that Greece will leave the euro zone at some point. Second, the Greek government must be prepared to work together with European institutions in order to restructure the country.” IfsFirstsCountryGovernmentTogetherOrderThreeClearConditionsCommitmentInstitutionsPreparedGreekZoneWorking TogetherFulfilledBe PreparedGreeceEuroRestructure Author:Martin Schulz
“I think there is a place where self-awareness becomes self-preoccupation if you don't take what you have discovered and bring it to bear on the conditions of the world.” IfsThinkingWorldSelfConditionsAwarenessBearsSelf AwarenessPreoccupation Author:Marianne Williamson
“You condition a vulnerable boy at puberty to become aroused by brutality. It's the violence, not the nudity. Frankly, I wouldn't mind if every teenage boy had a subscription to Playboy. They'd be looking at attractive naked female bodies while they masturbated, not eviscerated female bodies.” IfsMindBodyBoysViolenceConditionsFemaleNakedVulnerableAttractiveTeenageBrutalityNudityPubertyPlayboyFemale BodySubscription Author:Park Dietz
“You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding.” PeopleIfsUnderstandingCommunityCommonShareConditions Author:Annie Lennox
“It would be wonderful if people could grow together in groups, teaching and learning communities where they empower, evoke, explore the enormous capacities of the human condition.” PeopleIfsHumansWould BeTogetherGrowsCommunityWonderfulGroupsTeachingConditionsCapacityEnormousEmpoweringHuman ConditionEvokeTeaching And Learning Author:Jean Houston
“Suffering always prompts heart-wrenching questions: if God is good, why would He allow this pain in my life? Is God truly sovereign over accidents and birth anomalies, or does the devil set the world's agenda? How do I counsel people who are despairing of their condition?” PeopleIfsWorldHeartDoePainLife IsSufferingConditionsBirthDevilAccidentsAgendasSovereignPromptsAnomaliesHeart Wrenching Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“Many good Christians are confused about complex social issues of our day, such as doctor-assisted death or medical research which uses stem cells from human embryos. They wonder, 'Why shouldn't science use discarded fetuses for research?' And if someone finds his medical condition intolerable and hopeless, 'why shouldn't he have the legal right to end his life?' Although the Bible does not address these issues in particular, it does provide guiding insights.” IfsHumansDoeEndsUseChristianSocialWonderIssuesConditionsParticularResearchDoctorsComplexesInsightMedicalCellsConfusedAddressesHopelessStemSocial IssuesDiscardedGood ChristianStem CellEmbryosFetusMedical ResearchMedical Conditions Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“If the eyes are open and there is light, seeing occurs; the stimulus is but a condition of the fulfillment of the proper function of the organ, not an outside interruption. To some extent, then, all direction or control is a guiding of activity to its own end; it is an assistance in doing fully what some organ is already tending to do.” IfsEndsLightEyeSeeingConditionsActivityFunctionFulfillmentOrgansAssistanceStimulusInterruptions Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“If religion and churches are truly threats to our liberties, how did those liberties survive, and in such healthy condition, all those years of classroom prayer and Bible-reading?” IfsYearsChristianReadingChurchReligiousPrayerLibertyConditionsHealthyThreatClassroomBible Reading Author:William Murchison
“Synthesis..., perhaps in greater measure than activities in any other area of organic chemistry, provides a measure of the condition and power of science. For synthetic undertakings are seldom if ever undertaken by chance, nor will the most painstaking, or inspired, purely observational activities suffice. Synthesis must always be carried out by plan.” IfsChanceGreaterPlansConditionsActivityAreasInspiredChemistryUndertakingsSynthesisSyntheticOrganic Chemistry Author:Robert Burns Woodward