Although Asser never mentions Alfred's law code, he does say that Alfred insisted that his judges be literate, so that they could apply themselves " to the pursuit of wisdom.

A very holy person was one who strove to approach God, and in that pursuit would gain some of God's wisdom and power.

To Anatoli all men are, in truth, formed in the image of God, though the Jews stand under a particular obligation to further the true cognition of God simply by reason of their election —" the Greeks had chosen wisdom as their pursuit ; the Romans, power ; and the Jews, religiousness " ( l. c.

He concluded from these visions that the pursuit of science would prove to be, for him, the pursuit of true wisdom and a central part of his life's work.

Dr Philip Irving Mitchell of the Dallas Baptist University notes that some philosophers have cast the pursuit of theodicy as a modern one, as earlier scholars used the problem of evil to support the existence of one particular god over another, explain wisdom, or explain a conversion, rather than to justify God's goodness.

Sheets-Johnstone concludes her book on a note reminiscent of Rank's plea for the human value of mutual love over arid intellectual insight: " Surely it is time for Homo sapiens sapiens to turn away from the pursuit of domination over all and to begin cultivating and developing its sapiential wisdom in the pursuit of caring, nurturing and strengthening that most precious muscle which is its heart " ( ibid., pp. 405 – 06 ).

To Anatoli all men are, in truth, formed in the image of God, though the Jews stand under a particular obligation to further the true cognition of God simply by reason of their election —" the Greeks had chosen wisdom as their pursuit ; the Romans, power ; and the Jews, religiousness "

The movement " dragon chasing the pearl " shows that the dragon is continually in the pursuit of wisdom.

Aristotle points out that although sophia is higher and more serious than phronesis, the highest pursuit of wisdom and happiness requires both, because phronesis facilitates sophia.

He named it this as he was to spend his life in the pursuit of wisdom and Woden was amongst other things, the God of wisdom.

"</ ref > are affective obstacles to the pursuit of direct knowledge ( abhiñña ) and wisdom ( pañña ).

She taught 70 languages to souls at the dawn of creation, a guiding, teaching, inspirer of the pursuit of wisdom.

These literary examples of viri illustres preceded the visual ones, based on literary documents rather than surviving Roman series, as the humanist Poggio Bracciolini wrote in his essay De nobilitate liber, the Romans should be emulated, " for they believed that the images of men who had excelled in the pursuit of glory and wisdom, if placed before the eyes, would help enoble and stir up the soul.

Among ordinary readers, idealists have found, and always will find inspiration in his desire " to burn always with this hard, gemlike flame ", in his pursuit of the " highest quality " in " moments as they pass ".

They recognized that slavery was a moral issue and not merely an economic interest, and that to recognize it explicitly in their Constitution would be in explosive contradiction to the concept of sovereignty they had set forth in the Declaration of 1776 that `` all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Lincoln denounced the decision, alleging it was the product of a conspiracy of Democrats to support the Slave Power Lincoln argued, " The authors of the Declaration of Independence never intended ' to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral developments, or social capacity ', but they ' did consider all men created equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness '.

" On July 27, 1868, the day before the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted, U. S. Congress declared in the preamble of the Expatriation Act that " the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ," and ( Section I ) one of " the fundamental principles of this government " ( United States Revised Statutes, sec.

As Asahel would not desist from the pursuit, though warned, Abner was compelled to slay him in self-defence.

He left his native country to travel in pursuit of knowledge, and came to Athens about 589 BC, at a time when Solon was occupied with his legislative measures.

According to Livy the war was commenced by the Latins who anticipated Ancus would follow the pious pursuit of peace adopted by his grandfather, Numa Pompilius.

By the standards of 19th century tycoons, Carnegie was not a particularly ruthless man but a humanitarian with enough acquisitiveness to go in the ruthless pursuit of money ; on the other hand, the contrast between his life and the lives of many of his own workers and of the poor, in general, was stark.

During these events Marlborough was still in the saddle conducting the pursuit of the broken enemy.

After defeating the Army of Sir William Waller at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, King Charles marched west in pursuit of the Parliamentarian army of the Earl of Essex, who was invading the Royalist stronghold of Cornwall.

Bonaparte, aware of Nelson's pursuit, enforced absolute secrecy about his destination and was able to capture Malta and then land in Egypt without interception by the British force.

Prodded by President Abraham Lincoln, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker moved his army in pursuit, but was relieved just three days before the battle and replaced by Meade.

Some of the victorious fleet went in pursuit of him ; but Octavian himself visited Greece and Asia, and spent the winter at Samos ; though he was obliged to go for a short time to Brundisium to settle a mutiny and arrange for assignations of land.

For some practitioners alchemy was an intellectual pursuit, and over time they got better at it.

Thessaly was widely known for producing competent cavalrymen, and later experiences in wars both with and against the Persians taught the Greeks the value of cavalry in skirmishing and pursuit.

Armoured cars and 5th Cavalry Division lancers were continuing the pursuit of Ottoman units north of Aleppo when the Armistice of Mudros was signed by the Ottoman Empire.

The U. S. Army's last horse cavalry actions were fought during World War II: a ) by the 26th Cavalry Regiment ( PS ) in World War II — a small mounted regiment of Philippine Scouts which fought the Japanese during the retreat down the Bataan peninsula, until it was effectively destroyed by January 1942 ; and b ) on captured German horses by the mounted reconnaissance section of the U. S. 10th Mountain Division in a spearhead pursuit of the German Army across the Po Valley in Italy in April 1945.

The rationale was that the name change would help the pursuit of a global strategy.

While sailing from Spain to America in pursuit, his ship was captured by the pirate ship The Sulphur Pit, commanded by the Negro Captain Satan.

There was little to no concern with the future, the present dominating in the pursuit for immediate pleasure.

Although Epicurus has been commonly misunderstood to advocate the rampant pursuit of pleasure, he was actually after the absence of pain ( both physical and mental, i. e., suffering )-a state of satiation and tranquility that was free of the fear of death and the retribution of the gods.

This triad, as well as the egalitarianism of Epicurus, was carried forward into the American freedom movement and Declaration of Independence, by the American founding father, Thomas Jefferson, as " all men are created equal " and endowed with certain " inalienable rights ," such as " life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

He coined several phrases that would become clichés, especially " the great unwashed ", " pursuit of the almighty dollar ", " the pen is mightier than the sword ", as well as the famous opening line " It was a dark and stormy night ".

She was presented a scroll that cited Mr. Evers ’ "... effective contribution to the cause of human freedom and dignity ... In choosing the name of Medgar Evers, it is our hope that his ideals will inspire students and faculty of the college in their pursuit of truth as the surest path to human freedom and social justice.

When Symonds refused to help Shorting gain admission to Magdalen, the younger man wrote to school officials alleging " that I had supported him in his pursuit of the chorister Walter Thomas Goolden ( 1848-1901 ), that I shared his habits and was bent on the same path.

Mather states that despite its disparagement of śrāvakas, the sūtra is strongly supportive of the Saṃgha, and the text intends to sanction the pursuit of the bodhisattva path by both monastics and laity without opposition to one another.

While detailing Martin's pursuit of the noble ideals of medical research for the benefit of mankind and of selfless devotion to the care of patients, Lewis throws many less noble temptations and self-deceptions in Martin's path.

Xul tells his viewer that while spiritual pursuit can be arduous, others have established a path, and they point the way.

Though the military was not Van Rensselaer's major pursuit, he was a militia major-general by 1801, a path which would come to a head during the War of 1812.

Formerly a high school English teacher in Perth, she gave up that pursuit and went on the path of singing and voice acting.

Working in the field of feminist literary theory and criticism, which was just emerging as a serious scholarly pursuit in universities in the 1970s, Showalter's writing reflects a conscious effort to convey the importance of mapping her discipline ’ s past in order to both ground it in substantive theory, and amass a knowledge base that will be able to inform a path for future feminist academic pursuit.

The professionals evade capture by using explosives to bring down the prepared walls of a gully, thus blocking the Raza and the bandits ' path and delaying their pursuit.

Frankie Gallagher, a spokesman for the UPRG, stated, following Duddy's death: " He came out of retirement to pursue a peaceful path for his community and in pursuit of that he has given his life.