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The Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty

By: Juan Josafat Ben Ezra

...leness of hell, to construct an everlasting monument unto all creation, of the terrible consequence of sin; and in the enduring unchangeableness of t... ...rious earth, to construct an everlasting monument unto all creation of the most blessed consequences of faith and fealty to the Highest, through all ... ...ffirm, and yet in what they say they speak a sore rebuke to the orthodox church. Now in consequence of the far off and indefinite distance to which t... ...e bruised, that his power against men should be taken away by Christ, with all the evil consequences of sin and sorrow and death, which have thence ... ...lessedness it brings to the elect and militant church, that they should be advanced, in consequence of their partaking of Christ’s sufferings, into t... ... the Lord hath adopted this prophetic method in the revelation of his Word, and not the logical, or the dogmatical, or the predicative? I answer, t... ... closet, or some rhetorical performance proper to the platform or the stage, or some dry logical question proper to the schools. The effect of which ...

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Unlocking the Zohar

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...and no less than a sequence of roots, which hang down by way of cause and consequence, by fxed, determined rules, interweaving to a single, exalted ... ... discovered that our perception is relative and depends on our senses. In consequence, we cannot say precisely what comprises the world outside of u... ... who contemplates building a house are interconnected by way of cause and consequence. The root of them all is the first thought, since no item appe... ...ner both rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to understand the logical design of the Universe and the life that exists in it. The Science... ...ches 420 uNloCkiNg the Zohar out to all those seekers who want to find a logical, reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This fascinatin...

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From Chaos to Harmony

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...esire. It follows that the brain’s intellectual and conceptual evolution is a consequence of the intensifica- tion of our desire to enjoy. We can obs... ...on of families. The intensification of the ego has global effects, too. These consequences are far-reaching and place us in an unprecedented situati... ... Chapter Four: Breaching the Balance 63 fied with each passing generation. In consequence, the way man tries to satisfy his desire to enjoy does not... ... process, we must first know that everything that hap- pens in this world is a consequence of the balance of reality’s hidden forces. For example, we... ...t sense the force of gravity; we cannot see or feel it, but we can sense the consequences of its actions. We measure its effects and thus learn how... ...lth/management/depres- sion/definition/en/; WHO, Fact sheet: Mental and neuro- logical disorders http://www.who.int/whr/2001/media_cen- tre/en/. The d... ...ook reaches out to all those who are searching for answers, who are seeking a logical and reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This ma... ...oth rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to an understanding of the logical de- sign of the Universe and the life whose home it is. The Sc...

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God Prophecy

By: Dr. Paraskev

...ry Apocalypse gave humanity the greatest lesson and example of ignorance’s consequences, too. So that humanity will really think twice before repeatin... ...s grip ; and the walls of imaginary I, one by one, begin to fade. And as a consequence, more and more abilities to perceive and realize God wake up in... ... particle to have almost the same characteristics as God Himself. And as a consequence, each and all that is here is in a direct touch with God. It is... ... whole universe have not exactly the same characteristics as God. And as a consequence, each and all that are here are not in a direct touch with God.... ...mited duration, limited relations, concepts, knowledge, etc. 32 And as a consequence, every personal form here is separated from all other forms and... ...d easy. “But what about Goodness!” we shall ask, admitting no gaps in our logical thinking. Well, the constant repeating of the prayer, “God! God! Go...

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Kabbalah for Beginners

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...this cascading structure of the worlds, our world is called the “world of consequences” of spiritual processes and occurrences. Whatever we do here ... ...3 that can “study” the Essence and portray it in a perceptible manner. In consequence, the Essence is not only some- - thing we don’t know right now;... ...hat the world’s problems are threatening their personal wellbe- - ing. In consequence, they suppress the urgent need to deal with the problems, befo... ...iveness, and competitiveness generates progress. But envy has far greater consequences than technological or other worldly benefits. In the “Introdu... ... is for the Creator, it is the end of correction. what is love? Love is a consequence of equivalence of inner traits, meaning attributes. In Kabbala... ... in itself, called a “body.” The soul feels this as “birth” in the bio- - logical body. how does a soul get into a body? If you mean the biological b... ...ers are gradually led Appendix 2: Further Reading 183 to understand the logical design of the Universe and the life that exists in it. The Science... ...ing texts. This book reaches out to all those seekers who want to find a logical, reliable way to understand the world’s phe- - nomena. This fascina...

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The Zohar: Annotations to the Ashlag Commentary

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... Roman rule, a fellow Jew heard him and alerted the Roman authorities. In consequence, Rashbi was tried in absentia and was sentenced to death. The ... ...orm actions described in The Zohar. The destruction of the Temple was the consequence of Israel’s 81 WHO CREATED THESE transgression of egoistic re... ... 3 5 3 87 WHO CREATED THESE Man’s spiritual ascent can be the consequence of two factors: 1. An awakening of a desire from Above, called ... ...ina) back to its place in the Peh, where it was prior to Tzimtzum Bet. In consequence, the three Sefirot B-ZA-M rejoin the two Sefirot K-H and becom... ...ding, its “corporeal” meaning indicates the spiritual root and its branch—consequence in our world; d) A combination of words indicates an entire spi... ...ner both rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to understand the logical design of the Universe and the life that exists in it. The Science... ...ring texts. This book reaches out to all those seekers who want to find a logical, reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This fascinatin...

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The Point in the Heart

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...and no less than a sequence of roots, which hang down by way of cause and consequence, by fixed, determined rules, interweaving to a single, exalt- ... ...ring texts. This book reaches out to all those seekers who want to fi nd a logical, reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This fascinati...

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Shamati

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...ament that can defeat the war on desire, for all these concepts are but a consequence he has attained after the aforementioned Dvekut. In other word... ...t benefit in equivalence of form and one begins to yearn for adhesion. In consequence, every form points to another form. Thus, all the descents whe... ...h, luck made him succeed with his actions. Reasoning refers to cause and consequence, meaning that a cause makes the result come out as it does. Bu... ...does. But above reasoning, when the initial cause is not the cause of the consequence, this is called “above reasoning.” We refer to it as luck caus... ... called Masach de Hirik. It follows that it does not shine with cause and consequence, meaning that Hochma shines through the left line, but precise... ...ner both rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to understand the logical design of the Universe and the life that exists in it. The Science... ...ring texts. This book reaches out to all those seekers who want to find a logical, reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This fascinatin...

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The Life of John Sterling

By: Thomas Carlyle

...ing, obstinately refusing to appear from it. So that, most times, you felt logically lost; swamped near to drowning in this tide of ingenious vocables... ...etting out towards answer of it, he would accumulate formidable apparatus, logical swim-bladders, transcendental life-preservers and other precautiona... ...is still gold to be dug there. But, on the whole, do not think you can, by logical alchemy, distil astral spirits from them; or if you could, that sai... ...l spirits from them; or if you could, that said astral spirits, or defunct logical phantasms, could serve you in anything. What the light of your mind... ...id deserts to the new firm lands of Faith beyond; he pre- ferred to create logical fata-morganas for himself on this hither side, and laboriously sola... ...erwise taken some disgust in that service; had thrown up his commission in consequence; and returned home, about this time, with intent to seek anothe... ... What the public might be thinking about him and his audacities, and me in consequence, or whether it thought at all, I never learned, or much heeded ...

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Basic Concepts in Kabbalah

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...se things determine all of our actions and reactions, as well as all of their consequences. So where is our freedom of will? According to Kabbalah, ... ... • The interaction laws between the spiritual and mate- rial worlds, and their consequences; B A S I C C O N C E P T S I N K A B B A L A H 16 • The g... ...jects. Only one who has attained the spiritual level of an object can see the consequence of its influence in our world. Kabbalists write books and p... ...om another? Scientists know the law of cause and effect. It states that every consequence is close in character to its cause, or source, and all the... ...se, or source, and all the laws effective in the source are passed on to its consequence. The effect of this law manifests at all levels of nature: ... ...e discover that the truth cannot be ignored. Humanity is constantly seeking a logical reason for its existence; hu- mankind has studied the laws of n... ...ook reaches out to all those who are searching for answers, who are seeking a logical and reliable way to understand the world’s phenom- ena. This ma... ...h ra- tional and mature. Readers are gradually led to an understanding of the logical design of the Universe and the life whose home it is. The Scien...

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Neutrosophic Dialogues

By: Florentin Smarandache

... state between them? Can ‘both true and false, neither true nor false’ be logical?” Is logic a closed static form or an open and dynamic practice? (I... ...neself in order to reach suunyataa [the ultimate reality], Ch'an Buddhism: Logical and Illogical, http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/ew27057.htm... ...o focus on mathematical models rather than the depth of philosophy. (As a consequence, the new achievement of neural network technology fails to brin... ...ething with merit. Our generations are losing our basics in a man, as the consequence of our cultural disaster. As a product of the Chinese culture... ...rational, but not antagonistic. However, 1+1 may be equal to 3 in another logical system invented by yourself. Nothing will exist and last in neutros... ...d by 1. Neutrosophy is not true or false, but is a tool that measures the logical value of a proposition. In the study you read, I neutrosophically ... ...he theoretical approach, which when fully developed, is fixed into such a logical model as a concept, model or science. The science, however, will fa... ...ontrolling these catalytic conditions, we can have some influence over our consequences. We need to practice good deeds during our lifetime to genera... ...n has a result. Whatever people decide to do, it is their choice, their consequence. We simply accord with the condition as we educate them and th...

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A Guide To the Hidden Wisdom of Kabbalah

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... been studied by scientists and philosophers for thousands of years. Along with logical assumptions, science uses quantifiable research and data. Ye... ...ty can he see the reasons for what is happening to him here. He understands the consequences of his actions. He then begins to be practical for the ... ...gnition he does not have the ability to know why he was born, who he is and the consequences of his actions. Everything is enclosed within the borde... ...eation. By knowing the spiritual laws, we are enabled to see all the causes and consequences. We observe everything through the correct perspective, ... ...s like pure medicine. One then begins to grasp why we perceive in our world such consequences of the spiritual laws of development. The development o... ... world, achieving its attributes, means observing internally all its laws. As a consequence, the soul evolves. When the time of complete attainment c...

...tion: The laws of nature, our place in the world and our behavior have been studied by scientists and philosophers for thousands of years. Along with logical assumptions, science uses quantifiable research and data. Yet our scientists and researchers have discovered that the more they advance in their research, the more obscure and confusing they find the world to be....

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Attaining the Worlds Beyond

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...rounding world; realize the cause and purpose of our creation; clearly see the consequences of our actions and His response to them; be able to discus... ...if He generatesallthecircumstancesthataffectourlives,thenthere is nothing more logical than trying to maintain as close a contact with Him as possible... ... us in solving our problems. Insteadwewillremainafloatwithoutsupportandwithout logical answers to what is happening to us. In our world, we are guided... ...eds will be punished. We,asindividuals,mustbelievethatourownactionshave direct consequences, and that we build our own futures. On the other hand, we ... ...nd-effectrelationshipofspiritualforces for centuries. A person who can see the consequences of events in advance, and therefore predict and avert unde... ...se we are not aware of the correlation between our actions and their spiritual consequences. In other words, we act without knowing what we are doing,... ...h, and not the path of commonsense.Onlyinourworldismyreasoningconsidered to be logical. "However, in the spiritual world, even though I don’t understa... ... of all the approaches to understanding the problem, this approach is the most logical, scientific and understandable,sinceitreliessolelyonexperience,... ...ubtler forces around us, as well as with different capacities to prudently and logically grasp the nature of things?Andwhosefaultisitthatapersonwasnot...

...ing the ultimate fulfillment of spiritual ascent in our lifetime. This book reaches out to all those who are searching for answers, who are seeking a logical and reliable way to understand the world's phenomena. This magnificent introduction to the wisdom of Kabbalah provides a new kind of awareness that enlightens the mind, invigorates the heart, and moves the reader to t...

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The Path of Kabbalah

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...elves, “Who am I?” the question still relates to the Creator. The “self” is a consequence. Our desires, our every movement, everything we do is, in ... ...tion between them; they want the same thing, and there isn’t even a cause and consequence. This is called the “unity of the degree.” Yet we must act ... ...ically to correct our approaches to what we receive from the Creator, and the consequence of that work is our unification with the Creator, the just... ...e or inside us? Does each degree keep its own time? The concept of “time” is a consequence of the work of the shells. We continue to feel “time” just... ...r that there were bad situations in our lives and relate to them as cause and consequence, as good that comes after the bad. This brings us closer t... ...oven? A: Yes, it is. Start studying and you will see that there is nothing as logical or scientific that provides a fuller picture of our world, and ... ...that leave many questions open. We want to analyze the Torah scientifically, logically. What does the Torah really talk about? And most importantly:... ...ok reaches out to all those who are searching for answers, who are seeking a logical and reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This mag... ...oth rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to an understanding of the logical design of the Universe and the life whose home it is. The Scie...

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The Kabbalah Experience

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...ning nor end to the development of matter. The formation of the universe is a consequence of the development of the spiritual world. The creation of... ...nnot see exactly what our actions are causing. Therefore, we cannot grasp the consequences to everything around us. We are called “the thinking bein... ...ded to complete what we cannot see for ourselves. If we could clearly see the consequences of our actions, we could commit evil, but it would be cle... ...ters it, one discovers that it is comprised of 613 spiritual particles. Their consequences in this world are called the “613 Mitzvot,” the laws of t... ...ens in the Upper World, descends – in due time – to our world, and begets its consequences here. The Upper Forces T H E K A B B A L A H E X P E R I... ...lah?” Such people do not make even a single step forward in spirituality. A: Logically speaking, you’re right. But the problem is that a person can... ...ovides for that person. Physicians and psychologists use the power of psycho- logical protection, but it would be a lie to say that that force has an... ...ook reaches out to all those who are searching for answers, who are seeking a logical and reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This mag... ...oth rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to an understanding of the logical design of the universe and the life whose home it is. The Scie...

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Kabbalah Revealed

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...abbalists obtained. This change in direction took humanity on a detour whose consequences we will explore in the following chapter. 24 KABBALAH REV... ...replaced love, and people grew apart and became detached from one another. In consequence, the single nation of the ancient world was divided. It fi... ... senses that can “study” the Essence and portray it in a perceptible form. In consequence, the Essence is not only something we don’t know right now... ...ook reaches out to all those who are searching for answers, who are seeking a logical and re- liable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This m... ...th rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to an understanding of the logical design of the Universe and the life whose home it is. The Scie...

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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

By: Thomas Hutchinson

...d extermination of the Patriots, and the victory of established power; the consequences of legitimate despotism,—civil war, famine, plague, supersti- ... ...essed two remarkable qualities of intellect—a brilliant imagination, and a logical exactness of reason. His inclinations led him (he fancied) almost a... ...first scene of the fourth act Lucretia’s design in exposing herself to the consequences of an expostulation with Cenci after having administered the o... ...ief, rapid, irreversible, destroying _90 The consequence of what it cannot cure. Some such thing is to be endured or don... ...e light; Free as the earth-surrounding air; as firm As the world’s centre. Consequence, to me, _50 Is as the wind which stri... ... _80 Made it unutterable, and took from it All refuge, all revenge, all consequence, But that which thou hast called my father’s death? Which is or...

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The Open Book

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...nds out that they can no longer deny reality. Humanity continuously seeks logical justification to our existence. Man has tried to inquire and inter... ...ause Kabbalah is a science that depicts the basic law of creation and its consequences in our world. Because the wisdom of Kabbalah deals with the sy... ... time does not exist. The minute one crosses the barrier between cause and consequence and begins the spiritual ascent the present and the future mer... ...t of the spiritual world. Moreover, any spiritual force is linked with its consequence in our world. That is why when we ascent to the spiritual worl... ...he spiritual world and correct something there, we immediately change the consequence that stems from it, here in this world. Throughout the history ... ... the wisdom of Kabbalah, and his relation to his destiny. That change is a consequence of a process of evolution that man goes through, which compels...

...Excerpt: But sooner or later everyone finds out that they can no longer deny reality. Humanity continuously seeks logical justification to our existence. Man has tried to inquire and interpret nature for thousands of years. Contemporary scientists have learned that the more they progress in their scientific research, the more the picture...

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Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...ed,” one who has two hundred wants four hundred, and so on and so forth. As a consequence, when we obtain a certain pleasure, we remain twice as emp... ...is considered incomplete because it is a decision that was made beforehand, a consequence of Hey’s wish to bestow. The incompleteness of the desire,... ...in performs the act of bestowal, it discovers what it means to be a giver. In consequence, it begins to want to reach the status of the Giver, and t... ...g but a line of utterly senseless symbols. There is no way to make them sound logical. I previously stated that quantum theory allows us to under- st... ... when we rise to a higher level, we immediately realize that matter is but a consequence. Matter is operated upon By the Upper Forces, the Upper Wo... ...reality that we can all perceive with our five ordinary senses. Our world is a consequence of the Upper Worlds. Thus, the wisdom of Kabbalah contains... ... Abstract Forms, the Es- sence is something completely unimaginable for us. We logically P E RC E P T I O N PAT T E R N S 125 assume that behind the... ...ook reaches out to all those who are searching for answers, who are seeking a logical and reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This mag... ...oth rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to an understanding of the logical design of the Universe and the life whose home it is. The Scie...

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The Religious Dimension

By: Donald Broadribb

...on that they should be meaningful, while any attempt to understand them in logical terms is fruitless: When Banzan was walking through a market he ove... ...57. 27. Reps, p. 41 BUDDHISM 29 All of classical Buddhism is founded on a logical paradox: the teaching that there is no soul, no self, no independen... ...y. In this, Christianity shares with Hinduism a passion for definition and logical precision— even its innermost paradoxes are carefully worded and ma... ... a parallel to the Buddhist doctrine of bod- hisattvas, which in turn is a logical outcome of the claim that the Buddha is all-compassionate, so that ... ...he koan is intended to be nourished in those recesses of the mind where no logical analysis can ever reach. When the mind matures so that it becomes a... ...nce themselves from the public percep- tion of them as a Jewish sect. As a consequence, Christians with no Jewish religious heritage gradually became ... ...emotion, the other a statement of religious intellectualism. The practical consequence is that ac- ceptance of particular intellectually worded doctri... ...s a “person”) whose reality transcends existence beyond comprehension. The consequence is, many Christian theologians argued, that there is not really... ...is initial experience, though he mentions an abundance of such symptoms as consequences of later visions which he discusses in his Journal. 98. I made...

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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Periyar's Views on Untouchability

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

... related to Untouchability 114 3.3 Some facts about Untouchability and its Consequences even after 57 years of Independence 334 Chapter F... ...in order to understand the multi-dimensional facets of untouchability and its consequences, we have given relevant excerpts from the translation of ... ...Smarandache [55-59]. 23 DEFINITION 1.4.1: In the neutrosophic logic every logical variable x is described by an ordered triple x = (T, I, F) wh... ...sistent logic, which means contradictory sources of information about a same logical variable, proposition or event one has T + I + F > 1. Thu... ...temporary casteist atrocities to analyze the evils of untouchability and its consequences using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) and Neutrosophic Cognit... ...everal cases, those who dare to love across caste lines have to face the dire consequence of death. R 10 – Varnashrama Dharma It was the earl... ... of the Brahmin society must only be Chandalas. So, in this 150 situation, logically you cannot be faulted since you have a place and plenty of e... ...eech of Periyar, 19-12-1973] 3.3 Some facts about Untouchability and its Consequences even after 57 years of Independence Here we give some ... ... Nadu 1920-1940, Koodal Pubishers, Madurai, (1980). 375 34. Periyar Dasan, Logical Analysis of Atheistic Principles of Periyar, unpublished Ph.D ...

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The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey

...ry to ex- ecute her master’s commission, could not be charged with any bad consequences. But all such reflections this way or that were swallowed up a... ... bell and to ply the knocker with unintermitting violence. And the natural consequence was, that the next door neighbor, who had re- cently gone to be... ...elay; and yet, in spite of his hurry, so fully did he appreciate the fatal consequences to himself, if any of his victims should so far revive into co... ...ly expound the hellish nature of him whose baleful shadow, to speak astro- logically, at this moment darkens the house of life, than the 40 The Note ... ...was eminently 48 The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater populous; as one consequence of which, a benefit club had established its weekly rendezvous ... ...cts were prevented, for many years, from re- sorting to the new system, in consequence of old contracts with oil-dealers, subsisting through long term... ...stralia, who pre-occupy other men’s estates, have latterly illustrated the logical possibility of such an offence; but they were quite unknown at the ...

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God the Invisible King

By: H. G. Wells

...further be suggested that the extreme aloof- ness and inhumanity, which is logically necessary in the idea of a Creator God, of an Infinite God, was t... ...dom of God on earth. Each believer as he grasps this natural and immediate consequence of the faith that has come into his life will form at the same ... ..., and sexual status of no account in the presence of God. It follows quite logically that God does not discriminate between man and woman in any essen... ...f’s “Nature of Man,” he will find there an interesting summary of the bio- logical facts that bear upon and destroy the delusion that there is such a ... ...e of every man to fall short at every point from perfection. From the bio- logical point of view we are as individuals a series of involun- tary “trie... ...irectly you cease to hide or deny or escape, and turn manfully towards the consequences and the setting of things right, you take hold again of the ha...

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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, And the Heroic in History

By: Thomas Carlyle

...you are good, and in the right course there. Homoiousion, Homoousion, vain logical jangle, then or before or at any time, may jangle itself out, and g... ...t do not succeed in meaning this, it means nothing. Not that Abstractions, logical Propositions, be correctly worded or incorrectly; but that living c... ...r themselves in Song. The meaning of Song goes deep. Who is there that, in logical 73 On Heroes words, can express the effect music has on us? A kind... ...hr, they say, the Prussian Professor and Historian, fell broken-hearted in consequence; sickened, if we can believe it, and died of the 170 Thomas Ca... ...at. The strong daring man, therefore, has set all manner of For- mulas and logical superficialities against him; has dared ap- peal to the genuine Fac...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...ove the gods. Under this original peculiarity of Paganism, there arose two consequences, which I will mark by the Greek letters [Greek text] and [Gree... ...er I will notice in its order, first calling the reader’s attention to the consequence marked [Greek text], which is this:—In the full and profoundest... ...ans regret, not penitence; and [Greek text], means, ‘I rue this act in its consequences,’ not ‘I repent of this act for its moral nature.’ A and D, th... ...ss, far less was it the exclusive business. The worship flowed as a direct consequence from the new idea exposed of the divine nature, and from the ne... ...ere not, in relation to its own absolute merits; and this treatment is the logical treatment, applying itself to what is permanent in the nature of th... ...., where the phrase, Church of That we stand on the brink of a great theo- logical crisis, that the problem must soon be solved, how far orthodox Chri... ...y in St. Paul, the words may be known, their sense may be known, but their logical relation is still doubtful. The word X and the word Y are separatel... ... one great difficulty in translating is to find words that even as to mere logical elements correspond to the origi- nal text. Even that is often a tr... ...o our own period, or from any consideration of time what- ever, but in the logical meaning, as having been derived from our reason in opposition to ou...

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Preface to Androcles and the Lion: On the Prospects of Christianity

By: George Bernard Shaw

...al times, and that modern theologians, far from discrediting it, have very logically affirmed the miraculous conception not only of Jesus but of his m... ...o condemnation as an impostor among people whose good opinion was of great consequence to the movement started by his mission. But the deepest annoyan... ...d on the eating of his body (losing all his disciples except the twelve in consequence); says many apparently contradictory and nonsensical things to ... ...they are smitten with the degeneracy which seems to be the inevitable bio- logical penalty of complete parasitism, and corrupt culture and statecraft ... ...n of moral malingerers who can be made to behave themselves by the fear of consequences; but it is not worth while maintaining an abominable system of... ...ristianity is, and owes its enormous vogue to being, a premium on sin. Its consequences have had to be held in check by the worldlywise majority throu... ...nal charm of Jesus, and exists only for untrained minds. In the hands of a logical Frenchman like Calvin, push- ing it to its utmost conclusions, and ... ...y of thirty-five per cent, which is fairly conclu- sive. And, being a more logical people than we, they have officially abandoned Christianity and dec...

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Ferragus Chief of the Devorants

By: Honoré de Balzac

...on a woman who held in horror all German sentimentalism. The young man, in consequence, distrusted himself, became dreamy, absorbed in his griefs, com... ...ming answer, he said to himself:— “But this man, so profoundly capable, so logical in his ev- ery act, who sees and foresees, who calculates, and even...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... is null and void. Any actions which are intended to terminate it and to annul its consequences should be legally and morally permissible. The sam... ...atements cannot be derived with certainty from any negative statement. This formal-logical trait reflects a deep psychological reality with unsettl... ...t. This formal-logical trait reflects a deep psychological reality with unsettling consequences. A positive statement about one's affiliation ("I ... ...nd self-aggrandizement, and the reification and embodiment of said subversion. The logical outcome is to call for the overthrow of all political sy... ...ute them. They dedicate all their attention to the immediate and ignore the future consequences of their actions. In other words, their attention a... ...g and, therefore, regards himself as omnipotent, omniscient and protected from the consequences of his own acts (immune) – the personality disorder... ...: a series of potentialities with attached probabilities, the potentials being the logically and physically possible products. What can we learn a... ...stitute a theory and produce falsifiable predictions. A metaphor is also subject to logical and aesthetic rules and to the rigors of the scientific ... ...its inclusion in the definer) is the very definition of a tautology, the gravest of logical fallacies. On the other hand: if such an external sour...

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Bail Yourself Out

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...them. Every expansion of Chapter 3: The Currents of Desire 21 gas was a consequence of the desire to give, which expands and creates, and every co... ...n nature, we must be positive and contribute to everyone, everywhere. The consequence of not doing so is the crisis we see unfolding before our eyes... ...ing texts. This book reaches out to all those seekers who want to find a logical, reliable way to under- stand the world’s phenomena. This fascinati... ...ner both rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to understand the logical design of the Universe and the life that exists in it. The Science...

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The Kaluza Concept

By: Keith Young

...onship to each other of objects 10 therein – essential in essence to our logical comprehension of our physical location in relation to the world,... ...tioning on a physical level with our reality. Cause precedes effect in a “logical” fashion which enables us to predict and interact with our enviro... ... – out of time as we know it – and therefore experience at first hand the consequences of their own actions. Many people come away from this r... ...ave undergone N.D.E.s say that time is greatly compressed, as if it has no logical meaning. A description of time in this realm, wherever it is, is...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...out the words not knowing where they came from, certainly not his formidable, logical mind. Michael Brand left, leaving the room in a p... ...ion, if any governmental agency chooses to file charges, I'll accept whatever consequences that comes with it." Alex turned back to the full audience... ...onger. Tonight, he would not mince words. Oshiro would have to understand the consequences of his decision. The table was set as elegantly as a gar... ...k for you, if you wish, but they must 219 J.Cross/Artemis understand the consequences of disobedience to the Oyabun, and the refusal of this mi... ... Alex?" she said trembling with emotion. This wasn't the time for Alex to be logical. He just held her in his arms. Alex said quietly to Walter, "... ...bed an Iraqi power plant. 274 J.Cross/Artemis But Soule’ was, however, a logical man, and to some degree he understood why they had done so. Hi... ...inch the Israelis too hard, they will react. And you may not be ready for the consequences." Soule' nodded his agreement. "You will have your rev... ...t that the Colombians are not even trying to get drugs into the country. As a consequence, the Russian gangs are letting up on the Puerto Ricans and ...

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The Varieties of Religious Experience

By: William James

...ophic significance? are two entirely different orders of question from the logical point of view; and, as a failure to recognize this fact distinctly ... ...th the same eye with which he looks on all other natural things, since the consequences of our affections flow from their nature with the same necessi... ...; but at any rate it has become profoundly uninstructive: we can deduce no consequences from it which help us to interpret religion’s meaning or value... ...n environment which re- fuses to bear them out for any length of time. The consequence of this discrepancy of the two criteria is the uncertainty whic... ...or them here, and hold their own against inferences which, in mere love of logical consistency, medical materialism ought to be only too glad to draw.... ...lternation, we see that it probably contains nothing whatever of a psycho- logically specific nature. There is religious fear, reli- gious love, relig... ...rd “religion” would be inconvenient, however defensible it might remain on logical grounds. There are trifling, sneering atti- tudes even toward the w... ...ess and impulse, it adds to life an enchantment which is not rationally or logically deducible from anything else. This enchantment, coming as a gift ... ...ic philosopher, Father Gratry, in his au- tobiographical recollections. In consequence of mental isolation and excessive study at the Polytechnic scho...

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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...both went abroad, being ad- vised by their friends to leave the country in consequence of the transactions which are recounted at the close of the vol... ...ger, for Popish eccle- siastics to wear their proper dress; and he was, in consequence, in no wise astonished that the priest should now appear before... ... rather than inclination called him, and was perfectly bewildered in theo- logical controversy. In the course of his reading (which was neither pursue... ... lord,” says Lord Mohun. Whereupon Harry Esmond, filled with alarm for the consequences to which this disastrous dispute might lead, broke out into th... ... good Father meant that Esmond should join the Roman communion for fear of consequences, and that all England ran the risk of being damned for heresy,... ...rce of arms. ’Twas said he withdrew his opposition all of a sudden, and in consequence of letters from the King at St. Germains, who entreated him on ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...can think our way into our behavior. I would certainly like to believe her, but the evidence points to the fact that we are psychological, not logica... ...ave probably heard, that‘s why we psychologists study our field—to throw suspicion off ourselves. ―We are afraid we won‘t be seen as logica... ...n imaging is giving us pictures of how the brain will react. Imaging often shows us that the brain will react in ways quite different from the logica... ...te different from the logical rules that we think of as our unique human ability. The limbic system in the brain often takes priority over the logica... ... 11 ―Most of don‘t want to believe it but we are psychological—not logica... ...action. So in setting both long and short term goals many of us would profit by looking at all of the options and thinking seriously about the conseq...

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Memories and Portraits

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... erate care, and none ever had more certificates for less edu- cation. One consequence, however, of my system is that I have much less to say of Profe... ...n- sole; books of a large design, shadowing the complexity of that game of consequences to which we all sit down, the hanger-back not least. But the a... ...ng them indeed; but when they were done, I could see they were rubbish. In consequence, I very rarely showed them even to my friends; and such friends... ...r and answer arguments, not only with natural wisdom, but with candour and logical honesty. But if the subject of debate be something in the air, an a... ...t of debate be something in the air, an abstraction, an excuse for talk, a logical Aunt Sally, then may the male debater instantly abandon hope; he ma...

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