| 单词 | human action |
| 例句 | Nomos is the postmodern philosopher who argues that the entire landscape is constructed—that it has no essential, innate qualities, but is simply a reflection of chance and human action. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Throughout, there are sequences that highlight the human actions – climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, poaching – causing Earth’s sixth great planetary extinction. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z It paints cooperative human action as ineffectual – even counterproductive – when set beside the powerful forces that actually rule the planet. Kong: Skull Island – why do Hollywood blockbusters have such Trump-like politics? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The two incidents together form an object lesson in the unanticipated consequences of human action. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In his book The Necessity of Theater, American aesthetician Nick Woodruff defines theatre as a combination of two practices: the art of making human action worth watching and the art of watching. Snooze and you lose: the dangers of falling asleep at the theatre 2010-10-05T13:38:00Z Mixed Blessings There is a hybrid kind of “natural” disaster that’s amplified by human action. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z The machines imitate human actions, while the humans mirror the machines’ movements. Art In Review: ‘WEIRD SCIENCE’ 2013-04-25T20:22:19Z Acting Terminator-tough and posing in front of an Army tank, the human action figure barked, “Hey, stop killing 96 elephants every day just because of this ivory,” before blowing up an elephant tusk with explosives. How the Elephant Became the Newest Celebrity Cause 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z It seems every human action has been captured and put on a pop record at some point. Readers recommend: Songs with great opening lines 2010-03-26T00:01:00Z They steal back and forth across a narrow hall to exchange warnings, criticisms, soul-estimates, and a kiss – a 15-minute stretch of human action without apparent significance for the plot. Howard Hawks, Hollywood's finest practitioner of everyday chivalry 2011-01-15T00:05:49Z The drama of theatre, cinema and the law-court tends to imply that human actions and motivations are clear and legible, whereas in real life they are not. Aurora – review 2012-11-08T21:30:01Z It's a transfixing vision of clockwork loveliness, and it's also an empty simulacrum of real life, a magnificent gadget that replicates human actions without any of the warmth of flesh and blood. The relentless whimsy of "Micmacs" 2010-05-28T00:20:00Z Most human actions have unforeseen consequences, and these often turn out to be more significant than the consequences the people who took those actions had in mind. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Not every farmer sees the unpredictable weather as caused by human actions and industry, but nearly all agree: The past few years have been harder. Hard Times for a Hot Commodity, the Prized New Mexico Chile 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z It is estimated that human actions like overfishing, habitat destruction and shrimp trawling — an unsustainable practice that inadvertently captures many other marine creatures — kill more than 100 million sharks every year. ‘Jaws’ Is Fiction. This Show Presents Sharks as Embattled Heroes. 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Too often — minus the telltale details that provide a sense of scale and also implicate human actions — the images read first and foremost as slick jokes about painting. Art Review: An Artful Environmental Impact Statement 2011-01-13T22:44:37Z In his best work, Mr. Friedman has always bounced his comedy off dark human action and emotion, and those things are here too. Books of The Times: ?Lucky Bruce,? a Memoir by Bruce Jay Friedman - Review 2011-10-10T22:35:49Z “He speaks about a human action that brings into presence the divine reaction, the divine voice,” Ms. Pentcheva said. How a Historian Stuffed Hagia Sophia’s Sound Into a Studio 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z In his view, God created resources for man to use, and while climate change may occur as a result of natural cycles, he does not believe human action can be the primary driver. Jim Inhofe is a small-plane-flying, global-warming-denying senator. And now he’s got a gavel. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z They were not developed to perform particularly human actions. Science doesn’t disprove God: Where Richard Dawkins and new atheists go wrong 2014-04-19T15:00:00Z Or that human action, not miracle or magic, is what led to these consequences. Exhibition Review: ?The Dead Sea Scrolls? at Discovery Times Square - Review 2011-10-28T22:51:17Z This intense focus on objects is at odds with the traditional novelistic enterprise—the internal drama of character and emotion, the movement of a story through human action. William Gibson’s Man-Made Future 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z That text, which reflects on the idea of human action, and on the undoing of actions, was given to Mr. McGregor and Mr. Turnage to develop their choreographic and musical structures. Dance Review: ?Undance? by Wayne McGregor and Friends in London - Review 2011-12-05T23:11:05Z Mr Mishra associates liberalism with what he describes, in a related essay in the Guardian, as a “mechanistic and materialist way of conceiving human actions”, partly a consequence of the primacy of free-market economics. The deep roots of modern resentment 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z But Stephens does broaden the idea in a tangy way, relating it to the gaps between notes of music, people and human actions, and eventually parlaying it into a heartwarming argument for existential freedom. Review | ‘Heisenberg’ turns an odd-couple love into faith in humanity 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Ai said he had replied to another user who had asked him a question, and he had "attempted to be objective and neutral without moral judgment, accusations, or evaluation of human actions". Ai Weiwei's London exhibition called off over Israel social media post 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z We now understand, more clearly than in the 1950s, that the consequences of human action on a global scale are rather like Godzilla: huge, unknowable, motiveless and not easily stopped. Godzilla Is Warning Us Again about the Threats to Our Planet 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Researchers widely agree that the most damaging avian pathogen today, a variant of the influenza virus subtype known as H5N1, emerged because of human actions unrelated to greenhouse emissions. Changing bird migrations threaten to bring new infectious diseases to humans 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Carbon naturally cycles between the atmosphere, oceans, and terrestrial ecosystems, but human actions have resulted in the accumulation of excess CO2 in the atmosphere. We could sequester CO2 by 're-greening' arid lands, plant scientists say 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Most of the losses are related to human actions. WWF Report: Wildlife Numbers Have Dropped Sharply 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Some of these experts are likely to suggest that it’s not clear how much human actions have affected the climate crisis. Young People Sue Montana Over Climate Change 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z They tell me that coning may be one of the first physical protests against artificial intelligence - and that these kinds of human actions are going to become more and more common. How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z "The spirits tell me that if this type of human action continues, they will act with great force and then we will have very big problems," he said. Exclusive: Amazon Indigenous chief Raoni warns of disaster if deforestation not stopped 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z The most effective way to reduce these risks is to eliminate the unsustainable human actions responsible for them in the first place. What’s Happening in the Ocean, and Why It Matters to You and Me 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Herodotus sought to explain human actions in terms of how people tend to react to the political and social pressures they experienced. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z That is, machines would behave in ways that were indistinguishable from human actions. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Herodotus and Thucydides are considered the first true historians because they examined the past to rationally explain the causes and effects of human actions. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “It’s a sign we have a second chance. But I think one thing it’s not is that all is well or that we all made human actions that magically made it all better,” Pelton said. Monarch butterflies lose sanctuary in Mexico as climate changes 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Decades after researchers came to mistaken conclusions about wolf dynamics by studying captive animals, it’s still not entirely clear how human actions are affecting how packs work. Is the Alpha Wolf Idea a Myth? 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z But the conflict has also brought reminders that, sometimes, individual human actions make all the difference. Global impact: 5 ways war in Ukraine has changed the world 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z “But there are human actions that can be taken to foresee what will happen and behave accordingly.” Drought may have doomed this ancient empire — a warning for today’s climate crisis 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z A number of studies have shown that protected areas that target specific vertebrate — non-insect — populations are generally successful at safeguarding them from the impacts of human action, or inaction. More than 75% of global insect species not adequately protected 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z “But I think one thing it’s not is that all is well or that we all made human actions that magically made it all better.” Monarch butterflies wintering in California rebound 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Detroit’s sprawling metro area illustrates how human actions can boost rewilding, intentionally or not. Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur ‘rewilding’ in cities 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The group noted that the robots require human action to operate. Robocops? San Francisco police to use killer robots 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Alvin Kaunda was in the middle of detailing the effects of human actions on the natural world when the tip of a brown trunk popped into view just behind his left ear. He was reporting on camera in Kenya when a young elephant stole the show 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z That's in addition to habitat destruction, deforestation, urbanization, pollution, and other activities attributed to human action. More than 75% of global insect species not adequately protected 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Despite being able to process their surroundings quickly, robots still can’t decipher or anticipate human actions and intent as well as humans themselves can. Opinion | Autonomous vehicles are not yet ready for the road 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Is happiness the ultimate goal of human action? Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Scientists estimate that at least 25% of today’s warming is driven by methane from human actions. Satellite data finds landfills are methane ‘super emitters’ 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z “The impacts of human actions can actually be worse than what we might think just based on species tallies alone,” says Jedediah Brodie, an ecologist at the University of Montana. The most distinctive birds are the ones most at risk of extinction 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Our future depends on our ability to understand and evaluate evidence-based arguments about the environmental consequences of human actions and technologies, and to make informed decisions based on those arguments. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Dr. Larson said the new hypothesis was valuable because ideas about domestication have too often concentrated on human actions and intent. Before Chickens Were Nuggets, They Were Revered 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Aristotle argues that happiness is the ultimate good of human action and virtue is necessary for happiness. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z It said that interviews with office workers determined this could not have been caused by human actions. Prosecutors debunk Colorado clerk’s 2020 election claims 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Faith has long been a driver of human action — it has moved people to promote peace, to work for justice, to stand up for the oppressed. Opinion | Why I spend my Saturday mornings at the Russian Embassy 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Artificial intelligence is the use of computer systems to complete tasks that typically require human action, such as tasks involving language, perception and decision-making. Tech experts warn lawmakers that the U.S. isn’t up to par on artificial intelligence 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z That is an impossibly high bar, one that is difficult to prove, since a variety of intentions will invariably inform human actions. Opinion | What the Inventor of the Word ‘Genocide’ Might Have Said About Putin’s War 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The metaphysical libertarian response declares that human action are free and outside of the causality observed governing natural objects. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z It is cyclical, not linear: Russians perceive that history is bound to repeat itself; it is predestined, and does not depend on individual human actions. We saw this coming: For Russia's neighbors, Putin's brutal invasion came as no surprise 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Scientists have issued repeated warnings about threats to nature driven by human actions, including chopping down forests and turning natural land over to farming. Biodiversity: Pressure grows for deal to save nature 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z They found rocks whose unnatural shearing could only have come from human action, from striking, pounding, cutting. ‘A deep inner meaning’: Seattle returns ancient artifacts to Upper Skagit tribe 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov believed that human actions were often unconscious reactions to experiences and could be changed by training. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Determinism the belief that human actions are governed by the laws of nature. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z This is because there are more ways to do wrong than intentional killing — and human actions can sensibly be prohibited by the government, even if they don't constitute something as egregious as intentional killing. Anti-vaxxers have co-opted the pro-choice slogan “My Body, My Choice." Does that even make sense? 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z The group of scientists based in the Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and the United States used peer-reviewed methods to assess the extent human actions were responsible for the below-average rainfall in southern Madagascar. The U.N. blames climate change for Madagascar’s food crisis. Scientists say it’s not the main cause. 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z "The environmental curriculum focuses more on nature and outdoor education but doesn't touch upon how human actions contribute to climate change or how children can actually combat it," Keya Lamba said. How should we teach children about climate change? 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z There is also a lag time in stopping temperature rise, she notes, “a lag in human action—the slow response of people to the problem.” There’s Still Time to Fix Climate—About 11 Years 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Libertarianism within the problem of freedom, the view that human actions are freely chosen and outside of the causality that governs natural objects. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z To keep hope for the future alive we have to consider it as still uncertain, have to believe that concerted, collective human action might yet avert disaster. The Man Who Finally Made a ‘Dune’ That Fans Will Love 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Scientists are increasingly able to attribute events like heat waves and hurricanes to human actions. At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change, new study shows 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Yet human actions have made the world a far more dangerous place for Adriana to grow up, according to a first-of-its-kind study of the impacts of climate change across generations. Today’s kids will live through three times as many climate disasters as their grandparents, study says 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z In fact, human actions are the reason cheatgrass became such a problem in the first place, Novak says, pointing to the story of how it got its name. Invasive Cheatgrass Spreads Under City Lights 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Daoists believe that even when we try to regulate human action with moral systems and norms, we still fail to realize a flourishing society and good life. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z “All the predictions are that it's going to ramp up further in the future—now it's going to depend on human actions, how much it's going to ramp up,” Trnqvist says. On the Louisiana Coast, an Indigenous Community Loses Homes to Erosion 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Recent research suggests a strong role for human actions, though not all of those actions are directly related to climate change. Scientists Predict an ‘Above Normal’ Atlantic Hurricane Season 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Other human actions have opened more doors between the fungal world and our own. Deadly Fungi Are the Newest Emerging Microbe Threat All Over the World 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z It’s not clear why her account was mistakenly censored to begin with; Twitter couldn’t immediately say whether it was a human action or an automated system. The Twitter policy that could temporarily censor every single one of your tweets 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z In this case, God provides an exemplar for the virtues and values that should guide human action. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Given that perspective, what we interpret as “free will” merely encapsulates uncertainties associated with the complex set of circumstances that affect human actions. How Much Time Does Humanity Have Left? 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z This week, our family received a measure of justice because regular citizens and those in authority took the most basic human action: They did the right thing. Opinion | Philonise Floyd: For my brother George Floyd, this is what justice feels like 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z It’s only natural to feel anxious in the face of a melting planet and the sixth mass extinction, both wrought by human actions. Therapists Are Reckoning with Eco-anxiety 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z “She was a person with deep religious faith, and she would have considered it to be a totally human action to fellow human beings in distress.” Religious leaders recall Prince Philip’s spiritual curiosity 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z “These are empowering stories where these improvements are the effects of changes in human actions, not just a nice story about a whale doing well,” Calambokidis said. Gray whales learn daring feeding strategy in Puget Sound: Digging for ghost shrimp at high tide 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Pandemics often inspire a resignation or fatalism — a belief that the disease is so pervasive as to be unstoppable by human action, historians said. Eroding trust, spreading fear: The historical ties between pandemics and extremism 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Whales face myriad threats from human actions, including plastic pollution, loss of habitat and prey, climate change and collisions with ships. Whale threats from fishing gear 'underestimated' 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z One of the program’s key messages is that, in most cases hunger is the result of human actions rather than nature’s whims. World Food Program Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Work During Pandemic 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Stevens says it’s thrilling to be involved in a truly planetary-scale information system that can reveal not just the proverbial butterfly effect in weather and climate, but also how local human actions manifest globally. Europe is building a ‘digital twin’ of Earth to revolutionize climate forecasts 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z According to experts, a number of factors contribute to September’s records, but the biggest culprit for the considerable increase in fires is illegal human action. Brazil’s Amazon forest, precious wetlands burn at historic levels 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The findings underline the extent of the changes that human actions are wreaking on the planet. Greenland's ice melting faster than at any time in past 12,000 years 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z “It seems very likely that this event was a deliberate human action.” Massive damage of rare plants probed at Nevada mine site 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z And there is an overwhelming scientific consensus these rising temperatures are being driven by human actions. What is Trump's record on the environment? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Or I might become evil as a result of human actions. A robot wrote this entire article. Does that scare you, human? | GPT-3 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z But what differs this year from other periods is actually done by human action. Brazil’s Amazon forest, precious wetlands burn at historic levels 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z But modular reactors are designed to use less water than traditional reactors and have a passive safety system so they shut down without human action should something go wrong. US gives first-ever OK for small commercial nuclear reactor 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Quantifying this process will require more monitoring, more conservation biologists working in the field and more awareness of how human actions affect Earth’s biodiversity. Perspective | No signs of large-scale insect apocalypse in North America yet, study says 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z The general trends and information about the virus are incredibly important, but just as important are the ways in which human actions influenced what people are most affected. Random testing in Indiana shows COVID-19 is deadlier than flu — 2.8% of the state has been infected 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z “The primary determinant of future climate is human actions,” Marvel said. Major new climate study rules out less severe global warming scenarios 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Agriculture contributes about two thirds of all methane released from human actions—as much as all natural sources combined. Methane Is on an Alarming Upward Trend 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Chami's work reminds us that our planet's diverse lifeforms are inextricably linked, and that millions of years of evolution can be undone by human actions in a few short centuries. Every breath you take: The economic case for marine life 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Those who reject mainstream climate science insist either that warming is not occurring or that it's not clear human actions are driving it. A military perspective on climate change could bridge the gap between believers and doubters 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “If this is found to be due to deliberate human action, we expect the Conservator Regular to act swiftly against those responsible,” a department spokesman said. Koala 'massacre': animals reported starving or dead after plantation logging 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z And by looking at it in abstraction from the human actions which beckon the catastrophe, one avoids its true meaning altogether. A decade closer to apocalypse: Looking back at the mayhem of the 2010s 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Overall, 49 percent of Americans say they believe human activity is a contributor to climate change, while 30 percent say human actions play some role in it. Sorry, GOP: A majority of Americans think government should act on climate 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Through small-scale human actions, Plowshares has underscored the vast scale of the nuclear danger. The Pope and Catholic Radicals Come Together Against Nuclear Weapons 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z His message, the self-proclaimed “maueraktivist”, or wall activist, says, in reference to the peaceful people’s revolution of 1989, is: “human actions can change everything.” 'Witnesses of history': the man who kept slabs of the Berlin Wall 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Geography courses will soon study the impact of human actions on different parts of the planet, too, he said. Italy’s Students Will Get a Lesson in Climate Change. Many Lessons, in Fact. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The scientists say continued loss and degradation of heathlands due to human actions may lead to the loss of a major medicinal plant for pollinators. Natural 'bumblebee medicine' found in heather 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The atmospheric transformations we are witnessing are the consequence of human actions of decades or even centuries ago. Bad ancestors: does the climate crisis violate the rights of those yet to be born? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Over and over, studies have shown 97 percent of them concur human actions are the main driver of climate change. Louisiana editorial roundup 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The term “the gratuitous” appropriated Christian claims about God’s grace, freedom, and inscrutability, applying them to human actions in a godless world. Sex and Power in “The Catholic School” 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The climatic consequences of human actions are now, he believes, beyond our control. Underland by Robert Macfarlane review – a dazzling journey into deep time 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The YouGov polling data, published exclusively by the Guardian, shows a clear majority of people around the world think climate change is happening and that it is all or partly down to human actions. US is hotbed of climate change denial, international poll finds 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z A new UN report is set to reveal that up to 1m species face extinction because of human actions. We are full of bright ideas to solve ecological problems. So let’s act on them | Chris Packham 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The key difference between the two situations is that in Kubrick’s masterpiece, HAL, the computer, was finally overridden by human action when circumstances necessitated and was therefore deactivated before more disaster could strike. Boeing might represent the greatest indictment of 21st-century capitalism 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Terrestrial tortoises and their aquatic cousins, the turtles, are the perfect poster children for the dire consequences of human action—or inaction. We Are All Tortoises 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Human self-awareness and human actions determine the interplay between individual thought and language and the wider society. Human dignity is in danger. In 2019 we must stand as one to survive | Ai Weiwei 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z A mass extinction that is entirely the result of human actions, and which we are living through almost without noticing? Why I’m turning from law-maker to law-breaker to try to save the planet | Molly Scott Cato 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s called Full Self-Driving — driverless technology that would eventually allow a car to travel on its own from Point A to Point B with no human action required other than entering the destination. A crucial Tesla financial report is coming. Let's go under the tent to see how Elon Musk can boost cash flow - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z We study the atmosphere, the ocean, the biosphere—and what our human actions are doing to them. The Bad News We Need 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z That movement helped save millions of lives and is an illustration of the potential for collective human action to tackle seemingly insurmountable problems. 800,000 people kill themselves every year. What can we do? | Tedros Adhanom and Lady Gaga 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z And the third problem, which is the gravest, is that people use narratives because of their tremendous emotional impact to drive human actions, movements, political parties, religions, ideologies. A philosopher explains how our addiction to stories keeps us from understanding history 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z But nature’s rhythms are being accelerated by human actions. Rising seas threaten to wash away Scotland’s heritage 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Knowing that fact would determine the significance we assign to human actions on the global stage. The Fate of Free Will: When Science Crosses Swords with Philosophy 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The harshest reality of the Anthropocene is that every human action or nonaction generates a labyrinth of consequences, both social and environmental, local and global, some surprising, some predictable, that affect different people very differently. Opinion | Science Alone Won’t Save the Earth. People Have to Do That. 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z The flames just north of Council, Idaho, first erupted Thursday and is believed to be caused by human action. Idaho wildfire forces evacuations, destroys 1 building 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z He encouraged the president to repeal the Paris accords, proposed lowering vehicle emissions standards for cars and trucks, and doubted the consensus claims that human actions are causing global warming. Part of Scott Pruitt’s legacy is how he changed the jobs of conservation groups 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z He challenged the consensus view that human actions are causing global warming. Scott Pruitt out as head of the Environmental Protection Agency 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z While the general public has been fascinated with UFOs for decades, our governments, scientists and media, have essentially declared that of all the UFO sightings are a result of weather phenomenon or human actions. Are we alone? A question worthy of serious scientific study 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The new gibbon, named Junzi imperialis, may be the first to vanish as a direct result of human actions, according to scientists led by the Zoological Society of London. Mystery ape found in ancient tomb 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Today, climate change driven by human actions is enhancing the occurrence of droughts in multiple regions around the world. Air pollution has an understudied impact on public health 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The impacts of human actions on our home planet are now so large that many scientists are declaring a new phase of Earth’s history. A manifesto to save Planet Earth (and ourselves) 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z To give up on the idea that human action is correctable and blame an inanimate object for the existence of violent actions is to give up on humanity itself. Opinion | Why do school shootings keep happening? 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z He was followed by Thomas Waldensphul, director of Schwarzwald National Park in Germany, where a similar forest was once decimated by human actions. Tour of Catoctin Mountain helps German peers grow young park 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Destruction of wetland habitats globally by direct and indirect human actions threatens all amphibians. A Few Species of Frogs That Vanished May Be on the Rebound 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z “Instead of letting geneticists determine the agenda and set the message, we should teach them about complexity in past human actions.” Divided by DNA: The uneasy relationship between archaeology and ancient genomics 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z The researchers, who report their findings in the journal Nature Communications, say it is important to understand the consequences of human actions on wildlife populations. Bear cubs are spending longer with mothers 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Already, robots are being taught how to anticipate human actions—in effect, reading the future. In South Korea fortune-telling will soon be a $3.7bn business 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The biggest obstacle is pretty common: low-resolution video Take, for example, a neural network that’s been trained to analyze human actions in a video. Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z To be sure, recessions are natural phenomena of human action in the market. Recession won’t revive Seattle’s bygone days 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z The report affirms that climate change is driven almost entirely by human action, Federal report finds ‘no convincing alternative explanation’ for climate change 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The company did concede bias could have occurred through improper human actions and it would take steps to prevent it from happening in the future. Internet giants show power to shape politics 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Bentham was a proponent of the principle of utility — the idea that all human action should aim to promote the greatest happiness of the greatest number. Opinion | The Anxiety of John Stuart Mill 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The culprit is soot, otherwise known as black carbon, a form of particulate matter created by human action that is suspended in the atmosphere. South Carolina editorial roundup 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z The longer conservatives wait to acknowledge that climate change is occurring as a result of human action, the fewer opportunities to stave off extreme measures: cap-and-trade scenarios, carbon taxes or government rationing of energy sources. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z She stared at the screen like a child, mimicking every human action she saw. A helping hand for Leila: 'I knew right then I was going to help that chimp' 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z We can’t ignore the reality that human actions are part of the climate change problem and that human actions must be part of the solution. Perspective | I’m a climate scientist. And I’m not letting trickle-down ignorance win. 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z My photography is first and foremost a catalyst or reason to motive human action. Photographers and Photo Editors on the Passion That Drives Them 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The error is that it misunderstands what drives human action. The axis of selfishness 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Pruitt has publicly doubted the scientific consensus that human actions are the lead cause of climate change. Trump to sign order on Tuesday easing energy regulations: officials 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z This doesn’t necessarily mean that ancient human actions were solely responsible for the distribution of domesticated plants, cautions Crystal McMichael, a palaeoecologist at the University of Amsterdam. Amazon rainforest was shaped by an ancient hunger for fruits and nuts 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “If that’s the timeline, absolutely. Look — this is a problem of human creation that human action can solve. Homelessness doesn’t exist everywhere, and there are reasons why.” California Today: Can Los Angeles Homelessness Be Solved? The Mayor Thinks So 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Both truth and law provide constraints on human action, binding us to the facts of the world and to certain agreed-upon norms of behavior. Can a president who disregards the truth uphold his oath of office? 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The group’s mission statement begins with “There are certain things that we accept as facts … The Earth is becoming warmer due to human action. The diversity of life arose by evolution”. Scientists are planning to march on Washington. Here's why 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Nearly two-thirds of primate species face the threat of extinction largely as a result of human actions that kill animals directly and destroy habitats, according to a new review from more than 30 leading primatologists. Scientists Warn of 'Eleventh Hour' for Many Primate Species 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Africa will go through six human actions this year - it will stand, kneel, squat, bow, fall and then rise again. What to look out for in Africa during 2017 - BBC News 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Tillerson has also expressed doubts about climate change as a phenomenon caused by human action. Trump poised to pick an oil tycoon with ties to Russia as secretary of State, reports say 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Yet a mechanistic and materialist way of conceiving human actions has become entrenched, in part because economics has become the predominant means of understanding the world. Welcome to the age of anger | Pankaj Mishra 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z She’s one of just five Republican senators who voted in favour of a 2015 amendment that declared climate change to be real — and caused by human actions. Beyond Trump vs Clinton: A scientist’s guide to the US election 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z After all, with respect to climate change and human versus natural causes, human actions are the only thing we can do anything about. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Clinton also spoke of “the awesome responsibilities of power and the frailties of human action.” This election’s faith-based candidate 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z “Our greatest leaders are often the most humble because they recognize both the awesome responsibilities of power and the frailty of human action,” Mrs. Clinton told an audience that was almost entirely black. Hillary Clinton Emphasizes Importance of Faith to Black Audience 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Novelists, sociologists and psychologists examining the turbulent mass societies of the late 19th century concluded that human actions could not be reduced to single causes, whether religious and ideological faith, or the rationality of self-interest. Welcome to the age of anger | Pankaj Mishra 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “Predicting human actions is also a goal of game theory, but it is more the question of, what would rational players do in a game?” Reinhard Selten, economist who won a Nobel for work on game theory, dies at 85 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z He has sought out occasions on which he could preach about the ironies and uncertainties of human action — and also our obligation to act in the face of them. Obama and Hiroshima’s moral lessons 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The extinctions of species, now happening unusually fast thanks to human actions, change the planet’s biology forever. Earth Day: Are we at the beginning of a new geological era? 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Infinitives are timeless and tenseless, “infinite” until human action temporizes and personalizes them. The Sexual Politics of Syntax 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The Fish and Wildlife Service decided against listing the northern long-eared bat as “endangered,” or nearly extinct, settling for the category of “threatened,” which imposes less-stringent limits on human actions that could harm the animal. US issues rules to protect bat threatened by fungal disease 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Applied to fields as diverse as international relations, business-negotiation standoffs and biology, game theory attempts to predict human action based on the conflicting strategies of different parties. Reinhard Selten, economist who won a Nobel for work on game theory, dies at 85 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z As these environmental issues continue to worsen, there’s been a parallel rise in the eco-documentary — a genre of films dedicated to highlighting how human actions are negatively impacting the planet. Review: Racing Extinction is a captivating look at our climate crisis, but is it enough? 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Most climate scientists agree that the planet’s climate is changing largely because of human action. French weatherman fired for promoting book sceptical of climate change 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Most climate scientists agree that the planet is warming, largely because of human actions. French weather forecaster fired after promoting book saying climate change is over-dramatized 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z But there was another, closer analogue to the probable legacy of human action on a another celestial body, to wit, our treatment of our own celestial companion, the moon. Interstellar Travel as Delusional Fantasy [Excerpt] 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Idealism stands in opposition to philosophies that see human actions and events as determined by factors beyond our control, such as laws of history or economic development. Kissinger the Freedom Fighter 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Devotees of “The Walking Dead,” which is rife with zombie vs human action in its small-town Georgia setting, will find the undead in relatively short supply in the early going of “Fear.” Spinoff ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ strolls into view Sunday 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Devotees of "The Walking Dead," which is rife with zombie vs human action in its small-town Georgia setting, will find the undead in relatively short supply in the early going of "Fear." Spinoff 'Fear the Walking Dead' takes a turn at scaring viewers; early days for urban zombies 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The trouble with game theory is that it assumes human action is essentially strategic or instrumental in nature - in other words, that humans act in order to achieve some definite result or pay-off. A Point of View: Why Greece and the eurozone aren't playing games - BBC News 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Still, the landscape could change erratically as a result of meteorological forces or human actions, as when a farmer built a wall across the view of his camera. Discover An Enduring Afghanistan Through Its Landscape 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z People who believe climate change is caused by human action also find reasons not to change their behavior. To Increase Disaster Aid, Do Not Mention Global Warming 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z It is valid to ask how much climate change is caused by human action, whether it is harmful, whether policy changes would help and whether the economic effects would harm mankind. Climate science is not settled. No science is. 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “I don't find this analysis at all convincing,” said Judith Curry, a climatologist at Georgia Tech who argues that natural variability in climate cycles dominates the impact of industrial emissions and other human actions. Upon closer look, a global warming hiatus is ruled out, U.S. scientists say 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Studio Ghibli’s unparalleled artistry and attention to detail are in full effect here, as the animators’ painstaking efforts to capture the nuance and emotion in simple human actions pays off once again. When Marnie Was There review: is this Studio Ghibli's last-ever movie? 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z But after events like the crash of Germanwings 9525, machine intelligence seems more likely to protect against misguided human actions than to threaten the existence to all humanity. What Really Scares Tech Leaders About Artificial Intelligence? 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Despite important advances in our understanding, we are very far indeed from being able to connect even very simple human actions to the underlying structure and functioning of people’s brains. Mad Science: The Treatment of Mental Illness Fails to Progress [Excerpt] 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Not so for Cruz, who insists that the science doesn’t support the underlying hypothesis — that the earth’s warming is because of human action, like the burning of coal and oil. Presidential Politics And Climate Change: How Will Voters Assess Candidates? 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The combination of advanced sensors, voice recognition, artificial intelligence, big data, text-mining, and pattern-recognition algorithms, is generating smart robots capable of quickly learning human actions, and even learning from one another. Robert Reich: Economic redistribution is our only hope 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z We’re also not talking about data generated by specific human actions such as making a purchase, transferring funds, submitting an invoice, clicking a web link, or any of the traditional data sources that business utilize. TeradataVoice: Need New Business Insights? Listen To Your 'Things' 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z However, farmers who said they trusted farm groups, agribusiness and the farm press were less likely to believe climate change was happening and due to human action. What Do Farmers Think about Climate Change? 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z "Managing the impacts to reefs is really about understanding and managing human actions." Coral Reefs Show Remarkable Ability to Recover from Near Death 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The combination of advanced sensors, voice recognition, artificial intelligence, big data, text-mining, and pattern-recognition algorithms is even generating smart robots capable of quickly learning human actions. Robert Reich: Corporate America is maiming the U.S. economy 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z In fact, there is no scientific proof of the projections of global warming, much less that it is occurring because of human action and not because of natural phenomena. Brazil's Former Sports Minister is Moved to Science Post Despite Rejection of Global Warming Science 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Nature and nurture are equally important determinants of human action. Will Americans ever vote for a far-reaching wealth tax? 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Instead one hangs in the limbo zone where the distinction between human action and computer action are inseparable, accepting the structural limits of computers as the precondition of reaching the human on the other side. How Online Multiplayer Ate The Videogame Industry And Turned The Internet Into A Battlefield 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z As it both ossified into an academic establishment and mutated into mathematics, the Newtonian scheme became an illusion of determinism in a tempestuous world of human actions. Where's the Economic Growth? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Because this information is based not on surveys or artificial experiments but on human actions, “our privileged data exposes attitudes that most people would never cop to in public,” Rudder writes. Book Review: Dataclysm 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z The latest surveys show that 89 percent of Democrats, 79 percent of independents and 70 percent of Republicans already believe global warming is happening and is at least partly caused by human actions. How to Determine the Scientific Consensus on Global Warming 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Mr Singleton also highlighted that many of the OS's functions would be triggered by "context", without requiring a human action. Android Wear watches go on sale 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The first report argued that human action was the primary cause of global warming. UN: 'Massive shift' needed on energy 2014-04-13T02:04:29Z The September report raised the probability that human actions, led by the use of fossil fuels, are the main cause of climate change since 1950 to at least 95 percent from 90. Time Running Out to Meet Global Warming Target 2014-04-06T11:01:18Z Richard Hobbs and his colleagues have coined the term “novel ecosystems” to describe new combinations of species that arise through human action. Is a Footprint the Right Metaphor for Ecological Impact? 2014-04-02T18:09:09Z He added that "silence is the worst of responses" to a "catastrophe caused by human action". UN official urges Haiti compensation 2014-03-01T16:07:49Z Regulations should be specific and not speculative; written with sufficient flexibility to address new situations, with a clear, speedy review process to put right such anomalies as may arise from human action. Economic history: A Keynes for all seasons 2013-11-26T13:30:00Z Authored by more than 840 scientists, the report determines that climate change is “unequivocal” and that its authors are 95% certain that it’s due to human action. Man's the Maker of Climate Change, U.N. Says 2013-09-27T12:35:24Z One reason is that locking down cause and effect in the social world, where so much human action is situational, is mighty hard, especially when events are happening on a global scale. Explaining the Financial Crisis: Why Do We Still Not Know What Happened? 2013-09-16T09:45:01Z We know from the management of invasive species and fire regimes that ecosystems can benefit from human action. Is a Footprint the Right Metaphor for Ecological Impact? 2014-04-02T18:09:09Z What had been regarded as the stuff of science-fiction novels suddenly became a clear and present danger—but one that, unlike earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and hurricanes, might actually be prevented by timely human action. Stopping asteroid strikes: Defenders of the Earth 2013-06-27T15:06:40Z Austen then considers how strategic thinking relates to other explanations of human action, such as those involving emotions, habits, rules, social factors, and ideology. Jane Austen, Game Theorist 2013-05-10T15:39:47Z One is of a place where concern for ecosystem health is paramount, even if human action is required to maintain it. Op-Ed Contributors: Save the Wolves of Isle Royale National Park 2013-05-09T01:01:06Z That’s because the amount of climate change will depend on human actions. Blizzards in May. Wild fires. Is this global warming? 2013-05-03T17:56:00Z As an advocate of peacetime nuclear testing, Teller had reason to minimize the long-term impacts of human action, particularly nuclear fallout. We tried to weaponize the weather 2013-04-27T19:00:00Z Moreover even the availability of an accurate model of a complex phenomenon does not necessarily shed light on what human actions should follow in response. Can Complexity Thinking Advance Management and Fix Capitalism? 2013-02-28T03:34:57Z They might want to believe that you can't use math to predict human action. What Election Predictions Can Teach You About 'Big Data' 2012-11-05T18:53:58Z The common theme here is the familiar Thomas Carlyle argument that human actions ultimately determine the course of history. Undecided? Election 2012 is Up To You 2012-08-20T09:45:09Z But he bore a melancholy regard for lost worlds, for the primacy of the written word, for “the ancient American sense that whatever is wrong with human society can be put right by human action.” American Writer Gore Vidal Dead at 86 2012-08-01T15:05:34Z This was a cultural adaptation that fit human action to the conditions of Oceania. Migration from Earth: Human Evolution and Space Colonization 2012-06-15T20:15:00.223Z The sole end of human actions, according to the Utilitarians, 8, note. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z In his omniscience are embraced all human actions. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Marshall cautions that, "to get a complete picture, we need to combine this kind of network analysis approach with an understanding of what's happening on the ground—What are the human actions?" Grid Unlocked: How Street Networks Evolve as Cities Grow 2012-04-10T15:45:02.883Z The great and unsophisticated springs of human action are always touched with most effect in large assemblies. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Rather, human populations in the past 100,000 years have adapted to a wide array of environments, devising new cultures that match human action to a variety of landscapes. Migration from Earth: Human Evolution and Space Colonization 2012-06-15T20:15:00.223Z His view of the origin of human actions, quoted, 8, note. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Without doubt, interest is the spring of human actions: but the success of an opinion is an interest too; and to sacrifice thereto every other, has been in all ages the destiny of some. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z And human action had solved the difficulty long before human ingenuity invented it. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z Events have different dates, and run in different names; but motives, human action and passion, are the same, and bring to light the same categories of thought and opinion. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Long continuance of polygamy among the kings of, 343 Gay, his view of the origin of human actions, quoted, i. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The love of God touches the deep and enduring springs of human action. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z The silent reign of moral law in human actions is discovered. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z It was not left to science first to direct human action. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Joseph Smith was strcitly scientific in classing baptism as the third great principle governing human action. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z Thus is constituted—in the natural give and take of rational Wills—in the inevitable course of human action and reaction,—a system of rights and duties. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z He has much penetration, too, and has touched some of the most delicate springs of human action. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Researchers use the term 'anthropogenic climate change' to describe climate change caused by human actions. Climate Change: A planet in flux 2012-02-29T18:21:19.490Z Ethical judgments contain an estimate of the worth of human actions. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z I thanked him very sincerely for the openness with which he had spoken, but confessed that I had not quite made up my mind to think that expediency was the right rule for human actions. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z Each was seen as a basic motivator of human action and a legitimate pursuit in life, worthy of study and comment. Rethinking the Kama Sutra 2012-02-14T15:45:51Z It has been often remarked of the classic poets, that while they describe human actions and passions, they show a total insensibility to the beauties of nature. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z He will know that every human action is a necessary product, and he will also know that men cannot be reformed by punishment, by degradation or by revenge. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The doctrine of causality in human action is far from being what it is sometimes called, a doctrine of fatalism. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z But, does the fact that about so many crimes are committed on the average, in a given population, or that so many any things are done, prove that there is no freedom in human action? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Right now, the only hope to halt further python invasion into new areas is swift, decisive and deliberate human action. How Burmese Pythons Are Devouring the Everglades 2012-01-31T23:35:41Z The moral conflict, moreover, encourages a study of human motive, of cause and effect in human action. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Lawyers ought to be foremost in legislative and judicial reform, and of all men they should understand the philosophy of mind, the causes of human action, and the real science of government. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z He calls attention to the necessary character of human action as evidenced by its uniformities under uniform circumstances, in the various important relations of life. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z If, then, Hobbes went to the one extreme of postulating selfishness as the sole motive of human action, Cumberland was equally extravagant as regards Benevolence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z “The only hope to halt further python invasion is swift, decisive and deliberate human action.” In Florida Everglades, pythons and anacondas dominate food chain 2012-01-31T00:37:29Z The question now arises, in the light of all these great truths, What relation do the Divine purposes and agency sustain to human action? Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z There were crunchings and chatterings, in the walls where rodents were busy making nests, but no sound of human action. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z In the case of even disinterested human action, the altruism is not generally, or at least in very many cases, wholly unmixed with any thought of self, though this thought may not hold first place. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Two witnesses are to report on human actions in the final assizes. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z They rise above the prejudices of their country and the accidents of their time, and can see the good and evil inseparably mixed in all human action. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z God purposes human action in this sense only: He determines himself to act in a given manner, because it is wisest and best for him to act in that manner, and in that manner only. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z The entire conception of the work is itself an illusion, based upon a profound misreading of human action. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z The German policy boastfully proceeds on the assumption that the only motives that govern human action are self interest of some base sort, and it credits humanity with as little intelligence as morality. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Sympathy, we are told, is one of the strongest and noblest incentives to human action. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z The great poets of human action and passion are for the most part to be ranked among the great poets of the outward world. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z They are in themselves immediate manifestations of will, just as much as human action; and as such they are groundless, like human character. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Others may come at last to the sad conclusion that nothing can be known about the world, that the external powers, whatever they may be, are indifferent to human action or human welfare. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z There must be a beginning to all systems and all changes in human action, but it does not follow that he who begins will see the end of his work. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z His idea was that all human actions were caused by motives, and that at the bottom of these motives was self. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Let us take an example of the readiness with which a small aid to manual labour gradually becomes perfected into a machine, requiring little impulse from human action. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z And thus, as we have seen, many human actions can only be performed by the help of reason and deliberation, and yet there are some which are better performed without its assistance. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The words in italics imply an insight into the deepest springs of human action, the conjunct causes of what we call character, such as few men of large experience attain. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z “The wellsprings of human action are deep and cloudy.” Feisty Lovers, Waspish Actors Gambol in Farce: London Stage 2011-12-16T11:43:50Z The springs of human action are not concealed to me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z “It seems that all human actions and impulses are subordinate to the process of the material world, that works unnoticed, powerfully and irresistibly.” Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Human form and expression are the most important objects of plastic art, and human action the most important object of poetry. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Vile as these motives seem, they are too near akin to the general springs of human action for us to contemn them. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z Perhaps not so dimly as I supposed; the springs of human action do lie so deep. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z It has been more watchful of scenes within the commonplaces of human action; here the writers have found themes of quiet pathos, of homely humor, and of rich romance. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z For what opposition is there between human action and the process of the world? Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z I have endeavoured to work it out in all other spheres, and I shall now do so with regard to human action. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z It gives us the deepest insight into the secret springs and motives of human actions, and the ordinary course of events under the control of human agents. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Even science in this respect has been backward, and very slowly recognized that geography is obviously and essentially the basis of all history—i.e. of all human action and development. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z He shared practically without any reservation the commonly accepted theory of his time that self-interest is the most powerful motive of human actions, and that enlightened self-interest is the true foundation of morality. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z It must not be forgotten that this advice comes from your best friend, from one who has had large experience and who has made the springs of human action much his study. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z We have learnt to seek the roots of most, perhaps of all, human actions in the subconsciousness. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z In investigating the mechanical effects of human action on superficial geography, we are treading on safer ground, and dealing with much less subtile phenomena, less intractable elements. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z In one early study of this issue, I looked at the way people typically think about the "side effects" of human actions. The Side Effect Effect: Test How Morality Affects Your World View 2011-11-08T12:45:07.033Z Mr. Clay was deeply versed in all the springs of human action. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Even in the exposition of human actions and destinies he behaves as if he had been present at the spinning of the whole web of existence. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z He is not aware that in so doing he frivolously abandons all rights to pronounce an objective moral judgment on any human action. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z I have, then, in the Introductory chapter, stated, in a comprehensive way, the general effects and the prospective consequences of human action upon the earth's surface and the life which peoples it. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z On one side of the scales stands Thoth, the recorder of human actions, with a tablet in his hand, ready to make a record of the sentence passed on each soul. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z Nothing like them in completeness of detail, in breadth of plan and in deep grasp of the hidden springs of human action has ever been known. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z This connection is not “necessary” at all: such a connection must rather be rejected by that principle of the stern necessity of human actions, that is, the unconditioned non-freedom and non-responsibility of the will. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Self interest being the main source of human action, it is the problem of the politician to quicken the public conscience and convince the community that advancement and enlightened selfishness are companions. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Truths about human action and character are not necessary truths; therefore men of science care nothing about them, and they have no place in scientific systems of ethics. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z The introduction of new inventions seemeth to be the very chief of all human actions. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z That is a consequence resulting from human action; you do not attribute any other weight to such a promise beyond what results from such penalties?—I object to that question. The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle 2011-09-12T02:00:28.837Z Religion and science are exactly alike in these respects, that both present a body of harmonized conceptions, a clearly defined circle of intelligible statements, and both have a definite bearing on human action. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z What he denies is that any of them singly, or all of them collectively, can ever furnish an adequate and exhaustive account of human action. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z The microcosm is viewed only in relation to human action, nature is presented to the emotions as the guide and teacher of humanity. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z While most climate scientists agree that human actions are causing global warming and climate change, not everyone does. Weather disasters keep costing U.S. billions this year 2011-09-08T03:49:46Z His yellow forehead was wrinkled like that of a man accustomed to believe nothing, to weigh everything, to test the exact meaning and value of every human action as a miser rings every gold piece. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z We clearly recognize the laws of motor activity, including the full bearing of outward influences, and inward tendencies upon human action. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z And one may ask whether there is any human action conceivable for which an adequate cause cannot be found in temperament or education or circumstances, or in a combination of the three? Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z But human actions are the outcome of desire, and no foreseeing can be true unless it takes account of desire. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z He held that its office was simply to record human actions and that it should be written as a drama. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Here the child thinks of nature's processes as if they were a kind of human action which we can understand by seeing into its aim. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z This involves a considerable extension of the area of the mechanical in human action, and a considerable restriction of the area of the voluntary. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z Only one other point remains on which to say a word, and that is whether a conviction of the causative character of human action would lead to a weakening of effort or to moral depression. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z But human actions are so interlinked with each other that it is very rare that we have not some share, direct or indirect, in the conduct of others. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z He is not governable by the ordinary motives which determine human action. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z I shall do very well; my only anxiety is for you, lest you give up hope of better times, and thus put a stop to the mainspring of human action. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Almost invariably the renunciation of ambition as an incentive to human action has meant the disuse of many noble human powers and gifts. The Making of an Apostle 2011-07-26T02:00:19.187Z Statisticians point to absolute uniformity of general human action under certain social conditions. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z The superhuman supervened, proceeding along the lines of human action; and this, like the powers whereby His other works were wrought, came from the Father in answer to prayer. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z Wood writes that “it is difficult, if not impossible, to apply the physical notion of ‘cause’ to human action.” Gordon S. Wood, Historian of the American Revolution 2011-07-22T20:44:19Z "Justice is the inviolable yardstick of all human actions." Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z Ambition, that mighty lever to human actions, will succumb. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z He is simply showing the truth of Emerson's broad rule, that "in all human action those faculties will be strong which are used;" and of Maclaren's, "Where the activity is, there will be the development." How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z Here, as everywhere, human action blindly gropes for knowledge. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z For no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z In the novel as well as in the drama, it is human nature and human action that we see. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z It is especially important that its force for evil shall not allowed to dominate human actions so as to make them harder of accomplishment. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z "From the far future the effects of human action will probably be indistinguishable from that of the meteor strike that likely killed off the dinosaurs," Zalasiewicz said. Frog Faces Last Stand in Panama against Killer Fungus 2011-06-10T22:45:07.037Z The belief is derived from the whole complex nature of man—the working of his Affections, Desires, Convictions, Reason, Conscience, and whatever else enters into the production of human action and its consequences. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z The second variety seeks to uncover the origins of agency itself — what are the essential features that permit the execution of human action? The Stone: Are There Natural Human Rights? 2011-05-29T21:31:13Z The perception of the moral qualities of human actions is accompanied by an emotion of the soul that is called sentiment. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z There is hardly any thing lacking to it that is human—unless it be some truly noble human character, some truly noble human action. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z I am willing, reply I, to receive your interpretation of human actions, provided you admit the facts. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z But, if Johnson had perfectly accomplished his design, the lapse of seventy years of such extraordinary and various activity in every department of human action and aspiration, would have rendered a New Dictionary indispensable. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The action was without forethought, but his new philosophy had taught him the value of instinctive human actions as index fingers. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z Good and evil are real characters of human actions, although these characters might not be seen with our eyes nor touched with our hands. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z It is almost lyric in its portrayal of feeling, but still it concerns human action and the relations of persons to each other. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Competitive individualism is all about the fewest restraints possible on human action, including restraints from ties of mutual obligation. Readers Respond to "What, Me Care?"-- And More... 2011-04-29T12:45:00.240Z Where is the place of psychic shelter in an age when the lines between fate and human action are blurred? Predicting Tornadoes: It?s Still Guessing Game 2011-04-29T02:19:39Z Every human action gains in honor, in grace, in all true magnificence, by its regard to things that are to come. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z Moral philosophy, as it relates to human actions, is of still higher importance than the study of nature. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady 2011-04-19T02:00:19.607Z No form of art can ever be substituted for the play in revealing human action and motive, or even for the novel, with its deep and suggestive interpretation of human life. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Alick's heart was not capable of thus receiving the divine message, his mind and thoughts were too much under the dominion of small, miserably pitiful human action. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z Yet this is precisely the way in which the necessitarian proceeds, when he infers the necessity of human actions from the foreknowledge of God. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z That view, and the idea of predetermined human action which it involves, is an inevitable product of an intellect naturally incapable of understanding freedom and spontaneity. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z The idea of her being a creator is local and is probably secondary, she does not concern herself with human actions other than those noted above. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z There is a lot of sentiment going around the world strangely at variance with human action. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z No individual or combined human action could obtain or restore again these keys—this science. Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z For certainly no one in his right mind, could pretend to deny that human actions are necessary in any sense, as the word is explained and used in the Inquiry. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z And so it will ever be, so long as human actions are swayed by human emotions. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Oliver Cromwell never believed more radically in the foreordination of all human actions than did he. The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It 2011-03-02T03:00:26.877Z If such a tie is considered to be involved in the word necessity, the doctrine is not true of human actions; but neither is it then true of inanimate objects. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z It is all the same to her whether you have lived uprightly or viciously; beneath her Gorgon glance all human actions are petrified alike. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z And hence have arisen many of his difficulties in regard to the freedom of human actions. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z There is another chemical principle, called catalysis, through which human actions may make powerful and permanent impressions on the universe, and that, too, unperceived by man. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z I know that there are two motives to most human actions. The Romance of a Poor Young Man A Drama Adapted from the French of Octave Feuillet 2011-02-23T03:00:30.700Z Assuming the truth of that law, every human action, every murder for instance, is the concurrent result of two sets of causes. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z These fractures are analogous to those of human action observed on bones from the glacial period, and identical with those made by northern tribes of the present day, on the skulls of ruminants. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z It proves that all human actions are necessary—but in what sense? An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z One is a consideration of the physical effects of human actions upon the universe. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z So, in the sphere of human action, Epicurus would allow of no absolutely controlling necessity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Are human actions subject to the law of causality? A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z If human action on the climate is ever to be properly deliberate, it must first be properly deliberated. Pollution and global warming: Climate change in black and white 2011-02-17T10:44:59Z If this argument proves any thing in regard to human actions, it only proves that a volition has an effect, and not that it has a cause. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z National Academy of Sciences as well as the leading U.S. science organizations stated many lines of evidence showing human actions were warming the planet. Republicans bash EPA over greenhouse gas rules 2011-02-09T21:51:27Z It was the result, he concluded, "of human action and inaction, not of Mother Nature or computer models gone awry". Britain deserves a US-style reckoning 2011-01-30T00:08:44Z The instinct of love gave her a better insight into Raven's character than the most experienced judge of human actions might have had. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z As the report puts it, “The crisis was the result of human action and inaction, not of Mother Nature or computer models gone haywire.” Talking Business: We Got Details, but We Needed a Bottom Line 2011-01-28T23:33:25Z We believe that it was the result of human action and inaction.” In Panel?s Report, Stern Warning on Repeating Financial Crisis 2011-01-27T17:00:01Z The crisis itself was avoidable – the result of "human action and inaction, not of Mother Nature or computer models gone haywire". Financial crisis was 'avoidable', says official US report 2011-01-27T15:45:15Z "The crisis was the result of human action and inaction, not of Mother Nature or models gone haywire," the report said. US financial crisis 'avoidable' 2011-01-27T15:26:42Z “This crisis was the result of human action and inaction, not of Mother Nature or computer models gone haywire,” the Democrats found. Crisis Report May Be Overshadowed by Infighting, Investigations 2011-01-27T05:25:34Z "The crisis was the result of human action and inaction, not Mother Nature or computer models gone haywire," the draft report reads. Panel says financial crisis avoidable 2011-01-26T02:11:59Z "The crisis was the result of human action and inaction, not of Mother Nature or computer models gone awry," the report states. Financial crisis was caused by corporate mismanagement, says US government 2011-01-26T02:01:28Z “The crisis was the result of human action and inaction, not of Mother Nature or computer models gone awry,” the report states. Financial Meltdown Was ?Avoidable,? Inquiry Concludes 2011-01-25T21:33:11Z Always, in every human action there are leaders. Mexico's Ex-President Vicente Fox: Legalize Drugs 2011-01-20T02:15:00Z What is needed is continuing development of even more rigorous and compelling indicators of how a range of human actions advance the approach to the threshold of a runaway greenhouse effect. Dot Earth: On Responding to Imprecise Climate Risks 2011-01-18T17:08:54Z This sense, as Mackintosh102 remarks, “has a rightful supremacy over every other principle of human action;” it is summed up in that short but imperious word ought, so full of high significance. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z These messages, unflinchingly transcribed by a servile press corps, all echoed the basic assumption that money is the prime motivator of human action. The money paradox 2011-01-08T02:01:00Z After the intelligence comes the will which also, because of the very large part it plays in all human action, needs to be perfected by a gift of the Spirit. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z The heroes under enchantment with their companions are to be considered as resident in the Otherworld, and their return to human action as a return to the human plane of life. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Now the end and fruit of all human actions is either joy or sorrow. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z For it was not biology alone that he was foredoomed to revolutionise, but the whole range of human thought, and perhaps even ultimately of human action. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z There is no more delicate service in the whole round of human action than that of intercessory prayer. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z Dr. Parkinson, whose book deals largely with the evidence that human actions are altering climates, notes that “good intentions do not necessarily lead to good results.” Books on Science: When the Day After Tomorrow Has Come 2010-06-28T23:07:00Z Questionable title notwithstanding, the premise that our planet has already been irrevocably changed by human action is not terribly far off the mark. Environmental books suggest save-the-Earth climate may be entering a new phase 2010-04-20T04:00:00Z As Grumbine observed, the future capacity of natural sinks to absorb carbon "is going to depend on human action." 2009-12-03T05:00:00Z And now I turn another leaf in the book of human actions, which our Lord holds on His knees and unfolds in His history of His one Church. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII It need hardly surprise us if out of such indistinct and heterogeneous materials Virgil failed to shape a thoroughly consistent and lifelike representation of human action and character. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Teachers should enforce it upon their pupils as the helm of human action. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Verily the Divine hand holds the threads of the world's human actions; and what we call coincidences are the silent drawing together of these threads for ordained purposes. Glories of Spain He had so often inveighed against sentiment as the spring of human action, that he was most sincerely grateful for the proof of his own sentimental bias. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Hm!" said the little doctor, looking him sharply in the face, "they're human, and human actions are after their style. The Children of the World The germ of the poems is the story; their purpose is to satisfy the curiosity felt in human action and character. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil He was familiar with all the avenues of men and things—scanned the deep recesses of human nature—traced causes and results to their source and probed to the bottom the springs of human action. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Of all the springs of human action, there was not one in which Sir Horace Upton sympathized so little as passion. The Fortunes Of Glencore Fiction and poetry, if they thus create aspiration and give us standards, may be more useful than all encyclopedias or text-books, for they deal with the sources and the goal of all human action. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Where could we find materials more made to our hands?—a few insinuations, a conversation overheard, a note conveyed opportunely—these are trifles, but trifles are the levers of human action.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. No; romanticist or not, I will not submit to the assumption that of two possible motives for any decently human action, it is always the lower motive that turns the trick. The Book of Susan A Novel Strong common sense, the safety valve of human action, marked his whole career. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Are there just pow'rs which men adore, and throw Away their pray'rs upon, that lend their eyes To human actions? or was the name of heaven Invented to still petty sinners? A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Instead of offering to console her, he simply aided her in developing her thoughts, while he revealed to her the causes that underlie all human action. On the Heights A Novel She knew not that excellent as utilitarianism is in its place and sphere, there is something more, something beyond, that is needed to form the basis upon which human actions are set in motion. Maria Edgeworth If you see, in those curious coincidences that are ever occurring in life, nothing more than hazard, you at once abandon all idea of governing human actions. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) Discretion—the strong helm of human action, guided him in all his actions. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution There are but two ways in which human actions can be contemplated—the worldly and the philosophical or Christian. The Night Side of London He treated the subject according to the great maxim of the solitary philosopher who claimed that all human actions are directed by the laws of nature. On the Heights A Novel In a word, his remarkable genius embraced every province of human action where progress, reforms, and ameliorations were desirable. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 "There are no other human actions similar to colonization," said Ashby. The Colonists Now it is this—the real existence of countless human actions which need not have been and ought not to have been—which contemporary science, with a necessitarian bias, is largely occupied in denying. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition For Madame des Aubels in not coming where she had never promised to go hardly deserved these names; but we judge human actions by the pleasure or pain they cause us. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Whole volumes, learned, authoritative, but so far ponderous, have been devoted to determining the age at which the different impulses which prompt or qualify human action are added unto the individual. Little Aliens The church and the government locked arms in absolute control of men's forms of worship as well as of every phase of human action. Dorothy Page I will not pretend to say that his view of the case of Italy appeared to me to harmonize with his general mode of estimating human action and political affairs. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Not content with generalizations of this kind, however, certain historians have undertaken to reduce all human action to some one great fundamental principle. The Planters of Colonial Virginia They were virtuous; they had moral laws, that is to say they conceived certain narrowly defined moral obligations, and judged human actions not by their natural consequences but by abstract principles. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels There could be no human action or interest if literature were to avoid all representation of evil: no more tragedy, at any rate, and no more novels. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Wisdom in human action begins with what is nearest right under the circumstances, and thence achieves the absolute. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 Difficult as it certainly is to separate the native from the acquired in human action, the attempt must be made. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life No one has anything to say in explanation of the marvellous disappearance of demigods and heroes, why miracles are ended, or why human actions alone are now to be seen in the world. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition They are actions; human actions; possessing an inherent interest in themselves, and which are to be communicated in an interesting manner by the art of the Poet. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century To prophets who believed that man acts from free choice and by his own power, God was revealed as standing apart from and ignorant of future human actions. The Philosophy of Spinoza Two personal queries give point to human action: Who shall be greatest? and, Who shall be best? Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 Whenever we have any human action before us for explanation, we have to ask what the stimulus is that arouses the individual to activity, and how he responds. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life We are struck by the similar occurrences performed by the same political characters who played their part on both those great theatres of human action. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Even in these the lyrical mood outweighs the human action; he ponders the riddles of nature more earnestly than the riddles of humanity. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Like all tormals, he gloried in imitating human actions, as parrots and parakeets imitate human speech. The Hate Disease Books give to man the history Of each and every land; Books show him human actions past, The bad, the good, the grand. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 He would know and understand human actions, rather than pass judgment on them. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Here is the metaphysical basis of the Law of Tragedy, the profoundest law in human life, in human art, in human action. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Napoleon was nearly three times as long on the great field of human action. Alexander the Great Makers of History It can be estimated only in the laboratory of human action. History of Human Society In emphasising this it must not be taken to imply that because social institutions and human actions are in primitive times moulded by religious beliefs, they stand to them in a relation of complete dependence. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development The object of a novel should be to charm, through a faithful representation of human actions and human passions, and to create by this fidelity to nature a beautiful work. Pepita Ximenez The moment of collision between an old and a new principle of human action is a revolution. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe The heretic in religion, while resenting outside control, by his very perception of the vast and far-reaching consequences of human action, is often chained to "the most timid sanctities of life." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Here we have involved increased knowledge as a basis of human action and the use of that knowledge through discriminating intelligence. History of Human Society We, on the contrary, believe that the universe is so constituted that human action bears a fixed relation to the course of events. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity Is there an all-powerful God, ruling and guiding every human action? The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country That Intelligence which pursues its own ends in this All, which sees from first to last the chain of causes which mould human action, measures not its purposes by man’s halting sensations. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion One may doubt whether in the sense required by Godwin's argument any human action ever is or can be absolutely "voluntary," rational or self-conscious. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Even Mr. Mill speaks of 'human volitions as depending on scientific laws,' thereby implying that the circumstances from which human motives and, consequently, human actions result are continually recurring with a certain regularity. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications Such a conception of the Kingdom brought it closer to human action. The Social Principles of Jesus Liberated as far as possible from all hypothesis, ethics is theoretically the study of what is good or bad in human actions, and practically, as regards morality, the duty of doing good and avoiding evil. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study For it is a thing of God, under his exclusive care, and subject to none of the influences of human action. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He who saw life so whole, who knew the hidden motives and far-off causes of human action, could make allowances for everything. Audrey Craven Caveat emptor becomes discredited as an unmodified basis of human action. Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business For who can dispute that every human action—irrespective of how little considered it may have been—is expressive of its doer’s attitude, of his way of feeling and thinking. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark The moral is evolved out of the physical, and the extraordinary in animal structure has a kinship to the portentous in human action. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Every human action is by its nature an individual transient phenomenon which is confined to a definite time and a definite place. Introduction to the Study of History The writers who have succeeded in reaching this deep substratum, this far-hidden but common source of human action, are understood and admired over all the world. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 The desire for fame, Rita, the throbbing of ambition, the lust for gold and dominion, are considered by the world to be the great motives of human action. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties Hence his views strike at the freedom of human actions; he makes men and nations little more than the puppets by which the Deity works out the great drama of human affairs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 All the consequences that attach to human action must attach to the particular weaving, however fantastic and pleasing the immediate pattern. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real He never dreamed that his conduct could have had the smallest effect upon her odd behavior, so blind was he to the far-reaching influence of all human action, good or evil. Treasure Valley In regard to human actions, effect commonly relates to intention; as, the shot took effect, i. e., the effect intended. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Praying Donald's life of stern piety, and his knowledge of the laws governing human action, had often enabled him to foresee events, and had given him the reputation of a prophet. The Silver Maple One of our social desiderata, it seems to me, is the protection of the great springs of human action from destructive exploitation for selfish, commercial, or other trivial ends. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Thus the limitation of human actions by government is growing less necessary than of old, in conformity with the growing sense of spiritual degradation in evil and of spiritual elevation in good deeds. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Only human actions Thou Hast no care of, but to the flow And ebb of Fortune leav'st them all. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II All human actions are ruled by heredity and environment. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals Assuming, indeed, that any events are contingent, that human actions proceed from freedom, and not from necessity, we cannot deny that they come within the range of infinite knowledge. On Calvinism She reaches clear in and touches the most secret and the most delicate spring of human action. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete In the other school, the inductive, morality is claimed to be founded upon selfishness, the moving principle of human actions being the desire to avoid pain and attain pleasure. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Where intention can be ascertained it should largely govern our estimate of human action. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century He is an acute mental philosopher, acquainted with the secret springs of human action, and accurately perceives who can best promote his aims. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject It is a mistake to imagine that subtle speculations touching the divine attributes, the origin of evil, the necessity of human actions, the foundation of moral obligation, imply any high degree of intellectual culture. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Each poem in this volume shows the lack of some element that would have brought the human action or experience to perfection. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Still more remote are some seemingly chipped flints and bones cut in a way that suggests human action, which have been found in deposits of the very far-distant Miocene Age. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution In its effects, it embraces a large class of human actions, and its influences are widely spread throughout every portion of mental or physical effort. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Hitherto Dante has been moving on solid earth, subject to the usual limitations which are enforced by physical laws upon all human action. Dante: His Times and His Work Assuming the truth of that law, every human action, every murder, for instance, is the concurrent result of two sets of causes. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive It is on all sides conceded, that natural necessity is inconsistent with the good or ill desert of human actions. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory On the other hand, it is claimed on the basis of the finiteness of human action that both reward and punishment should be finite. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The recording angel above opened the great Book wherein all human actions are written, and affixed another black mark to the name of the wealthy proprietor. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston The pride of liberty and of human action becomes the principle of science; and, like all new principles, it pretends to exclusive and absolute dominion. Principles Of Political Economy If such a tie is considered to be involved in the word Necessity, the doctrine is not true of human actions; but neither is it then true of inanimate objects. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive He did not know that the gods are the authors of every human action, and this ignorance constituted a cause of radical difference. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The former decides whether a thing should be done or not, and discriminates between the proper and the improper in human actions and qualities. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Perhaps, indeed, the most characteristic thing is Bentham's failure to discuss explicitly the question whether human action is or is not necessarily 'selfish.' The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Analyse human action, no matter what, and it will be seen to point in one or other of these two directions, self-ward or all-ward. The New Theology The idea of final cause is also fruitful in sciences which have to do with human action. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" They cannot certainly be referred to any known law of human action. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller If human action is determined by God, why does he punish, why does he admonish, and why does he send prophets? A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Their interest is not only in the affairs of men, to the knowledge of which they have access, but also in the secret springs of human action. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow He delights to indicate, just as Montaigne used to do, the pathetic and laughable discrepancies between human thoughts and human actions. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The words in italics imply an insight into the deepest springs of human action, the conjunct causes of what we call character such as few men of large experience can attain. Spare Hours There is hardly a phase of human thought, of human action, which she has not touched, and she has never touched but to adorn. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) In making up a just estimate of any human action, much will depend on the state of the agent's mind at the time; and therefore the laws of all countries make ample allowance for insanity. On the uncertainty of the signs of murder in the case of bastard children When we measure the goodness or the badness of a human action, we must not only measure it by the object and the end, but by all the circumstances which accompany it. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Hardly any human habitations or signs of human action broke the wild reign of nature all the valley through. The Old Helmet, Volume I Good and bad motives were doubtless mingled here, as in all human action; but then the king was, in the main, doing what he supposed it was his duty to do. Charles I Makers of History In order to render human actions meritorious or otherwise, liberty from necessity is not required, but only liberty from constraint. Pascal A dog can imitate some human actions, and is capable of receiving a certain degree of instruction; but his progress soon stops. Anecdotes of Dogs And the influence of this institution upon all other fields of human action, private or public, is too obvious to mention. Humanity in the City It exerts a wonderful power, and by its influence the grandest human actions have been achieved. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Soldi, the archaeologist, has published an interesting series of works, dealing with the beliefs of primitive peoples, who have passed from the scene of human action. Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect Suicide in me would have been of all human actions the most natural. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Your special auras and the cosmic direction in present era of human action have aided in portraying these objects. Cupology How to Be Entertaining But it is a law which prevails in all human action. Humanity in the City The outcome of his visit must impress him with the providential side in human action. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary I say yourselves, because, in spite of all our beautiful lies, self is the centre of all human action. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan He superposes on the determinism of physical phenomena the indeterminism of human actions, and, consequently, on time-length a time in which there is invention, creation, true succession. Creative Evolution It is always necessary to find some standard by which to judge of human actions. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hume, however, overlooks the 'rightful supremacy of the moral faculty over every other principle of human action.' The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Had they died together, neither of them would have known the dissolution of second families or the temporary nature of all human actions. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais The greatest part of human actions is considered as indifferent. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. On this matter human action is naturally exercised; and action, as we said above, cannot be set in motion in the unreal. Creative Evolution I must plead guilty to having experimented somewhat in this way; but what a wonderful light it sheds upon the great problem of the motives of human action! Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis It would have been quite impossible for one man, within the limited sphere of human action, to follow all Hester’s advice, but in the end William usually acted upon some of her suggestions. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays The heroes of old, under the influences of this Bacchic enthusiasm, performed more than human actions; hence tales of the favourite champions soon passed into dialogue. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher It is the very theology of Epicurus to allow the existence of these “heavenly things,” but to deny their connection with human concerns, and their influence on human actions. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. The greatest philosophic difficulties arise, as we have said, from the fact that the forms of human action venture outside of their proper sphere. Creative Evolution His stories are never idle tales, for each one reveals secret motives and impulses that determine human action. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Of course I refer to that mighty master of language and keen student of human actions and motives, Henry James. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays |
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