If art is to release us from these postulated things ( things we must think symbolically about ) and bring us back to the ineffable beauty and richness of the aesthetic component of reality in its immediacy, it must sever its connection with these common sense entities ''.

He tends to underestimate -- or perhaps to view charitably -- the brutality and the violence of the age, so that there is an idyllic quality in these pages which hazes over some of its sharp reality.

The progress of science over these last few centuries and the gradual replacement of Biblical by scientific categories of reality have to a large extent emptied the spirit world of the entities which previously populated it.

When, therefore, it turned its attention to the concrete entities with which popular imagination had peopled the world of spirit, these entities soon lost whatever status they had enjoyed as actual elements of external reality.

The statues of Apollo were thought to incarnate his living presence, and these representations of illusive imaginative reality had deep roots in the Minoan period, and in the beliefs of the first Greek speaking people who entered the region during the bronze-age.

In these final pieces he offered a critique of Western science in which he suggested that non-European languages often referred to physical phenomena in ways that more directly reflected aspects of reality than many European languages, and that science ought to pay attention to the effects of linguistic categorization in its efforts to describe the physical world.

Existence is the principle that gives reality to an essence not the same in any way as the existence: " If things having essences are real, and it is not of their essence to be, then the reality of these things must be found in some principle other than ( really distinct from ) their essence.

Some critics of this approach feel that while these models approach biological reality as a representation of how the system works, they lack explanatory powers because complicated systems of connections with even simple rules are extremely complex and often less interpretable than the system they model.

Interventions particularly related to these conditions include exploring reality testing, changing delusions and hallucinations, examining factors which precipitate relapse, and managing relapses.

Ethnologists and anthropologists who study these myths point out that in the modern context theologians try to discern humanity's meaning from revealed truths and scientists investigate cosmology with the tools of empiricism and rationality, but creation myths define human reality in very different terms.

For example, if I say “ Star Wars is a shitty movie ,” and my friend says, “ Star Wars is not a shitty movie !” We have no shared reality, for in our language, truth lies in only one of our statements and we can forever argue these truths until one of us writes a book and has more authority than the other.

They postulate that these elements of reality are local, in the sense that each belongs to a certain point in spacetime.

Now we know that these things, and worse, are possible in reality.

The implications of these findings for the conservation of giraffes were summarised by David Brown, lead author of the study, who told BBC News: " Lumping all giraffes into one species obscures the reality that some kinds of giraffe are on the brink.

Since one cannot logically consider these subjects to be both " at the same moment " and " away in time ", an exclusive choice has to be made that defines these two separate domains, B and C. Our reality or domain B is created by the complex, but consistent transformation of A by our biological and mental makeup.

Yet, Lutherans and Orthodox are in agreement that the Second Council of Nicaea confirms the christological teaching of the earlier councils and in setting forth the role of images ( icons ) in the lives of the faithful reaffirms the reality of the incarnation of the eternal Word of God, when it states: " The more frequently, Christ, Mary, the mother of God, and the saints are seen, the more are those who see them drawn to remember and long for those who serve as models, and to pay these icons the tribute of salutation and respectful veneration.

Because the existence of these points of space as such, that is, as truly indivisible unities, has its basis in the fact that the points are one with the bodies that fill them ; because, therefore, all possible space is coincident with the physical world ( as in Wycliffe's system, in general, reality and possibility correspond ), there can as little be a vacuum as bounding surfaces that are common to different bodies.

According to the constitution, executive power is exercised by the government while legislative power is vested in the ministerial cabinet, the Senate and the National Assembly, although in reality these two latter bodies have very little power or legislative role.

The basic proposition of these two categories pertains to the nature of reality, and the primary distinction between them is the way they answer two fundamental questions: " what does reality consist of and how does it originate?

It is unclear whether the Midrash assumes these dialogues took place in reality or if this refers only to subtext or religious implication.

Whether the interest in these limited resources would diminish with the advent of virtual reality, where they could be easily substituted, is yet unclear.

To do this, however, a non-historical and, to a degree, self-referential engagement with whatever set of ideas, feelings or practices would permit ( both the non-fixed concept and reality of ) such a continuity was required-a continuity permitting the possible experience, possible existence indeed not only of beings but of all differences as they appeared and tended to develop.

Influential to thinkers associated with Postmodernism are Heidegger's critique of the subject-object or sense-knowledge division implicit in Rationalism, Empiricism and Methodological Naturalism, his repudiation of the idea that facts exist outside or separately from the process of thinking and speaking them ( however, Heidegger is not specifically a Nominalist ), his related admission that the possibilities of philosophical and scientific discourse are wrapped up in the practices and expectations of a society and that concepts and fundamental constructs are the expression of a lived, historical exercise rather than simple derivations of external, apriori conditions independent from historical mind and changing experience ( see Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Heinrich von Kleist, Weltanschauung and Social Constructionism ), and his Instrumentalist and Negativist notion that Being ( and, by extension, reality ) is an action, method, tendency, possibility and question rather than a discreet, positive, identifiable state, answer or entity ( see also Process Philosophy, Dynamism, Instrumentalism, Pragmatism and Vitalism ).

The impact of digital technology has transformed activities such as painting, drawing, sculpture and music / sound art, while new forms, such as net art, digital installation art, and virtual reality, have become recognized artistic practices.

The impact of digital technology has transformed activities such as painting, drawing, sculpture and music / sound art, while new forms, such as net art, digital installation art, and virtual reality, have become recognized artistic practices.

" Noam Chomsky claims that the nation's leaders " knew what they were doing ", and often used language saying they were the natives ' " benefactors ", " philanthropists and humanitarians ", when in reality they were engaged in the " genocidal practices " of extermination and " Indian Removal ".

The name refers to the way one who has realized mahāmudrā ( that is, one who has succeeded in the practices of mahāmudrā ) experiences reality: mudra refers to the fact that each phenomenon appears vividly, and maha refers to the fact that it is beyond concept, imagination, and projection.

In response to that reality, crisis management policies, strategies and practices have been developed and adapted across multiple disciplines.

Spirituality – can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality ; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his / her being ; or the “ deepest values and meanings by which people live .” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual's inner life ; spiritual experience includes that of connectedness with a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self ; with other individuals or the human community ; with nature or the cosmos ; or with the divine realm.

A religion is a set of tenets and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual or religious law.

Thus " communities ", as people coming together in pursuit of their common aims or shared practices both physically and electronically enabled, proliferate even while their " researched " reality remains in considerable dispute.

Contemporary philosophical realism is the belief that our reality, or some aspect of it, is ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, etc.

However, Malay society did acknowledge the reality and existence of alternatives to heterosexual practices.

* Esotericism: withholding information and giving of information only to a selected few ; hidden agendas and requirements revealed to members only as they successfully advance through various stages of " spiritual enlightenment ," which in reality is unorthodox, unproven, indigenous doctrines, beliefs, and / or practices ;

General Holmes elaborated, " We're not in the Cold War anymore ; we have to alter our mentality and our practices for today's reality.

Critics also saw weaknesses in Lévi-Strauss ' methods, in the fact that he looked for ideal structures, thereby neglecting the reality and complexity of actual practices.

But, the human sciences can be liberating disciplines, humanizing practices, only if they empower people to see that ‘ while social reality is real enough, it is not like unchanging nature, but is just that which is sustained by human activities, activities regarding which human have the only say ’ ( ibid .).

That Saramago would place the two characters side by side suggests a deliberate blurring of the boundaries between fantasy and reality, a theme common in Saramago's work, and a rejection of traditional limitations on narrative practices.

The ecclesiastical writers tended to declare a territory as " converted " merely because the local king had agreed to be baptised, regardless of whether, in reality, he actually adopted Christian practices ; and regardless, too, of whether the general population of his kingdom did.

“ VR Theatre ” is one form or subset of digital theatre focusing on utilizing virtual reality immersion in mutual concession with traditional theatre practices ( actors, directors, plays, a theatre environment ).

Whenever artists, indeed, turned to actual representations or molded three-dimensional figures, which were rare down to 800 B.C., they tended to reflect reality ( see Plate 6a, 9b ) ; ;

All of the elements of the experience were impossible and yet the reality of them was heavy upon him and he resolved never again to visit the temple at Fudomae.

Just as in the arts the Greeks sought some reality behind appearances, so in mathematics they sought permanent principles which could be applied wherever the conditions were the same.

Obsessed with creating his sculptures exactly as he envisaged through his unique view of reality, he often carved until they were as thin as nails and reduced to the size of a pack of cigarettes, much to his consternation.

Most subsequent abeyances ( only a few dozen cases ) were settled after a few years, in favour of the holder of the family properties ; there were two periods in which long-abeyant peerages ( in some cases peerages of doubtful reality ) were brought back: between 1838 and 1841 and between 1909 and 1921.

Cuyp's landscapes were based on reality and on his own invention of what an enchanting landscape should be.

The reality is that Micheline Musseli Pozzo di Borgo, a French aristocrat who at 20 was France's youngest lawyer ever, brought considerable wealth to her marriage to Lerner and lost most of it through him, including nearly $ 600, 000 from the sale of her Parisian apartment, which Lerner placed in investments that either failed or were looted by him during periods of financial desperation.

In addition to the materialism of the empiricists, under the same aegis of Reason, rationalism produced systems that were diametrically opposed now called idealism, which denied the reality of matter in favor of the reality of mind.

Villeroi still believed ( on 22 May ) the Allies were a full day ’ s march away when in fact they had camped near Corswaren waiting for the Danish squadrons to catch up ; for his part, Marlborough deemed Villeroi still at Jodoigne when in reality he was now approaching the plateau of Mont St. André with the intention of pitching camp near Ramillies ( see map at right ).

When the idea of a modern Olympics became a reality at the end of the 19th century, the initiators and organizers were looking for a great popularizing event, recalling the ancient glory of Greece.

The services were at the same time simplified and shortened, and the use of the whole Psalter every week ( which had become a mere theory in the Roman Breviary, owing to its frequent supersession by saints ' day services ) was made a reality.

Forty-seven years after the initial freeze, Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez announced on 18 March 2009 that normal relations were to be re-established, saying, " If we have been able to turn the page with regimes as profoundly different to our reality as occurred with the USSR or, more recently, with the Republic of China, how would we not do it with a country that is geographically and culturally much nearer to Costa Rica?

In reality the housing was inferior with poor heat and plumbing, the medical care often lacking even in availability of antibiotics, schools were propaganda machines and travel was a necessity to provide the country with hard currency.

Radford revealed that Tolentino " believed that the creatures and events she saw in Species were actually happening in reality in Puerto Rico at the time ," and therefore concludes that " the most important chupacabra description cannot be trusted.

The reality for the west in the Middle Ages was not only the fact that government was split up into small particles but also the fact that vertical and horizontal powers were entangled.

Skeptics say that if clairvoyance were a reality it would have become abundantly clear.

The auditor is instructed not to make any assessment of a recalled memory's reality or accuracy, but instead to treat it as if it were objectively real.

Many were seen as reflections of broad underlying conflicts or maladaptive reactions to life problems, rooted in a distinction between neurosis and psychosis ( roughly, anxiety / depression broadly in touch with reality, or hallucinations / delusions appearing disconnected from reality ).

His successors Nerva and Trajan were less restrictive, but in reality their policies differed little from Domitian's.

Euclid believed that his axioms were self-evident statements about physical reality.