One of them is that it gives meaning and purpose to life.

In seeking for such meaning and purpose, Albert Schweitzer seized upon the concept of the `` sacredness of life ''.

However, after reading the work of French sociologists Émile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss, Radcliffe-Brown published an account of his research ( entitled simply The Andaman Islanders ) that paid close attention to the meaning and purpose of rituals and myths.

For example, " piaf " was a Parisian argot word for " sparrow "; after being taken up by the singer Edith Piaf, this meaning became well known in France and worldwide, and no longer serves the purpose of a secret language.

These masks were used from ceremonies to dances to praises, each with its own meaning and purpose.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

It is extensible through standard features such as Lisp macros ( compile-time code rearrangement accomplished by the program itself ) and reader macros ( extension of syntax to give special meaning to characters reserved for users for this purpose ).

When instead we discuss human purpose and the meaning of life, Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes are on the same side.

These nonce orders all express the " speaking architecture " ( architecture parlante ) that was taught in the Paris courses, most explicitly by Étienne-Louis Boullée, in which sculptural details of classical architecture could be enlisted to speak symbolically, the better to express the purpose of the structure and enrich its visual meaning with specific appropriateness.

The purpose of a definition is to explain the meaning of a term which may be obscure or difficult, by the use of terms that are commonly understood and whose meaning is clear.

The manifest purpose of the tale may primarily be one of mundane instruction regarding forest safety or secondarily a cautionary tale about the dangers of famine to large families, but its latent meaning may evoke a strong emotional response due to the widely understood themes and motifs such as “ The Terrible Mother ”, “ Death ,” and “ Atonement with the Father .”

The term Honvédség is the name of the Hungarian military since 1848 referring to its purpose (" Hon " meaning " homeland " and " véd " meaning " defender " or " defence " thence " Honvéd " meaning " Homeland Defence ").

Hence to use this divine gift while depriving it, even if only partially, of its meaning and purpose, is equally repugnant to the nature of man and of woman, and is consequently in opposition to the plan of God and His holy will.

One popular solution to the problem of the Ship of Theseus is to say that the meaning of " same " depends on what purpose the word is being used for.

: " A treaty shall be interpreted in good faith in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to the terms of the treaty in their context and in the light of its object and purpose.

* 1979 – U. S. President Jimmy Carter gives his so-called " malaise " speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as " this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation " but in which he never uses the word malaise.

Shaw also introduces the term " contextual learning object ", to describe a learning object that has been " designed to have specific meaning and purpose to an intended learner ".

In the end he loses everything that gives meaning and purpose to his life before losing his life itself.

The codes,, and are examples of semantic markup, in that they describe the intended purpose or meaning of the text they include.

Weber was a key proponent of methodological antipositivism, arguing for the study of social action through interpretive ( rather than purely empiricist ) means, based on understanding the purpose and meaning that individuals attach to their own actions.

Study of social action through interpretive means ( Verstehen ) must be based upon understanding the subjective meaning and purpose that the individual attaches to their actions.

The meaning of life is deeply entrenched in the philosophical and religious conceptions of existence, social ties, consciousness, and happiness, and borders on many other issues, such as symbolic meaning, ontology, value, purpose, ethics, good and evil, free will, the existence of a or multiple Gods, conceptions of God, the soul, and the afterlife.

The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game ; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones.

The stones they used were the heavy stone weights from the weavers ' " warp beams ," fitted with a detachable handle for the purpose.

Along with the flying of flags and the painting of kerb stones, the murals serve a territorial purpose, often associated with gang use.

The purpose of these slots is not known, but the central gutter in the floor of the Gallery, which is the same width as the Ascending Passage, has led to speculation that the blocking stones were stored in the Grand Gallery and the slots held wooden beams to restrain them from sliding down the passage.

No other remains of buildings, beyond mere fragments and foundations, can be traced within the walls ; but the outlines of two large edifices, built of squared stones and in a massive style, are distinctly traceable outside the walls, near the northeast and northwest angles of the city, though their nature or purpose is unclear.

Large-grained materials, such as basalt, granite, and sandstone, may also be used as tool stones, but for a very different purpose: they are ideal for ground stone artifacts.

Most of the peaks had as their first ascenders those who in a former day would have been called explorers but now could only be thought of as peakbaggers, interested primarily in trudging endlessly over heaps of stones, building cairns, and inserting their business cards into specifically designed canisters especially carried for this purpose.

Although it is often believed the stone monuments were intentially aligned to serve a greater purpose, the crudeness of the stones means that they could not have been used as advanced astronomical calculators.

Early Duns had near vertical ramparts constructed of stone laced with timber, and where this was set on fire ( accidentally or on purpose ) it forms the vitrified forts where stones have been partly melted, an effect that is still clearly visible.

He was also known to carry a saw around with him, for the purpose of removing bark from trees, which he would then burn whilst muttering certain words, whilst he similarly used to spit onto stones that he collected, believing that it improved their value.

Four of the huts ( 3, 7, 17 and 18 ) contain raisd or upright stones, described as ' anvil ' stones, the purpose of which is unknown.

She strictly enforces rules concerning the activation of the stones: the current bearer must remain completely in the dark as to their true nature and purpose and no one may interfere with the bearer's decision to use the power.

The collection of stones, facsimiles, manuscripts, and molds taken from tombstones, which was acquired from Firkovich by the Imperial Library of St. Petersburg, on the recommendation of Professor Daniel Chwolson in 1859, was declared by some authorities to consist partly or wholly of forgeries committed for the purpose of glorifying the " Karaims " and of enhancing the value of Firkovich's discoveries.

The use to which the stones were put is not clear but recent excavation work ( 2006 ), reported by the National Geographic Society, suggests a funerary purpose given the large number of human remains found at the sites.

Image: Witches ' stones Jersey. jpg | When thatch is replaced by tile, the stones no longer serve the original purpose

The temple dedicated especially for this purpose was decked with attractive decor and the enormous glittering diamonds and stones.

Although the purpose of such stones is not known, it is considered that they may have had religious importance.

The stones ( Ammonite fossils ) collected from the bed of the Gandaki River at a place close to Saligrama or Muktinath ( literally meaning " place of salvation ") in the Mustang district of Nepal, it is first mentioned in " Devi Bhagavath " completely if we want to refer puranas, it is as so there was king name Dharmadwaja who was initially a devotee of goddess Lakshmi later became rival of the same & completely ruined but his son Padmadwaja realized his father mistake became a devotee of Lakshmi, pleased to his devotion Lakshmi herself incarnated as Tulasi, later Tulasi fell in deep love with Lord Krsna for which they got married, in order to keep their relation for ever Lord Krsna converted himself as Salagrava ( saligram ) & Tulasi as river Gandaki, even today salagrava are available in gandaki only, later the Great Master Sri Shankaracharya who knew this story told to his disciples that when ever this stones are taken for the purpose of worship one should never worship those shila without tulasi, that is in order to keep the same relation of tulasi & Sri Krsna, he also further says the Tulasi which we use foe worship is hair of that Tulasi who converted into river Gandaki.

Fixed monthly allowances are reimbursements for the same purpose except on a non-itemized basis.

The State Ballet of Rhode Island, the first incorporated group, was formed for the purpose of extending knowledge of the art of ballet in the Community, to promote interest in ballet performances, to contribute to the cultural life of the State, and to provide opportunity for gifted dance students who, for one reason or another, are unable to pursue a career and to develop others for the professional state ; ;

In the event the rupees set aside for loans under Section 104 ( E ) of the Act are not advanced within six years from the date of this Agreement because the Export-Import Bank of Washington has not approved loans or because proposed loans have not been mutually agreeable to the Export-Import Bank of Washington and the Department of Economic Affairs of the Government of India, the Government of the United States of America may use the rupees for any purpose authorized by Section 104 of the Act.

Charts for this purpose are available from many sources.

For me, these will belong more completely to their surroundings if they are conceived in this early stage, though I freely admit that I do not hesitate to add or eliminate figures on the full sheet when it serves my final purpose.

The purpose of washing is, obviously, to remove soils which are arbitrarily classed in the four major categories given below: 1.

This, of course, does not eliminate from consideration for this purpose agents that are associated naturally with epidemic disease.

Thus, although the agenda of external assistance in the economic sphere are cumulative, and many of the policies suggested for nations in the earlier stages remain relevant, the basic purpose of American economic policy during the later stages of development should be to assure that movement into a stage of self-sustaining growth is not prevented by lack of foreign exchange.

271 - 307 ) indicate, that the concept of function in sociology has been built up from physiological and biological models, in which the notions of teleology, i.e., metaphysical purpose, are central.

Rangoni and Amonasro have the same purpose -- forcing the girl to charm the man she loves into serving her country's cause -- and their tactics are much the same.

The Kremlin's goal is the isolation and capture, not of Ghana, but of the United States -- and this purpose may be served very well by countries that masquerade under a `` neutralist '' mask, yet in fact are dependable auxiliaries of the Soviet Foreign Office.

they realize the relevance of what they are learning to their future careers, and this sense of purpose is carried over to the academic courses which they are studying at the same time.

Religious who derive their own sense of purpose through identification with the religious community rather than the academic community are prone to underestimate both the layman's reservoir of idealism and his need for this identification.

Ski resorts such as Les Menuires in France are purpose built for the ski industry and winter tourism.

Archaeological interpretations of the Chaco road system are divided between an economic purpose and a symbolic, ideological role linked to ancestral Puebloan beliefs.

The elements of battery are ( 1 ) a volitional act ( 2 ) done for the purpose of causing a harmful or offensive contact with another person or under circumstances that make such contact substantially certain to occur and ( 3 ) which causes such contact.

They are known in this context as control tables and are used in conjunction with a purpose built interpreter whose control flow is altered according to values contained in the array.

The main purpose of this system is to allow phone company technicians to identify which telephone line they are connected to.

( As a side effect, this provision means that MPs seeking to resign from parliament can get around the age-old prohibition on resignation by obtaining a low-salary sinecure in the pay of the Crown ; while several offices have been used for this purpose, two are currently in use.

Of course, some scholars believe Luke ’ s work may be fulfilling more than one purpose and thus may side with more than one of the claims that are presented here.

Heinz-Günther Nesselrath has argued that these and other details of Silenus ' story are meant as imitation and exaggeration of the Atlantis story, for the purpose of exposing Plato's ideas to ridicule.

Moreover they argued that some species have been created for the purpose of being sacrificed and eaten by humans, that it is normal for animals to kill and eat other animals, that agriculture, too, inevitably leads to the death of many animals, that plants are living beings as well and must still be destroyed, that we unintentionally and unknowingly destroy life forms all the time, and that a hunted animal has a fair chance to survive by killing the hunter.

Acrylics are used for this purpose because they easily scrape or peel from a surface.