Ṣūfīs maintain that melodies and rhythms prepare the soul for a deeper comprehension of the divine realities and a better appreciation of divine music.
Similar, if stodgier, lectures are delivered all over Italy at societies set up expressly to foster appreciation of the Divine Comedy.
They must try to divine how much more currency appreciation the country's highly successful export industry can withstand, before the stronger renminbi makes Chinese goods less competitive on the global market.
In a practical sense the four "divine abodes" of goodwill, compassion, appreciation and equanimity (or acceptance) are good for balancing the mind.
However, it is not so much the display of terminology, as it is the deep, powerful and sincere longings for liberation and the divine that are instructive for an appreciation of his thought.
A platonic relationship is, therefore, a human relationship that inspires appreciation for the idealized human, the divine.
Religious experience may also be distinguished from the aesthetic aspect of experience in that the former involves commitment and devotion to the divine while the latter is focused on the appreciation and enjoyment of qualities, forms, and patterns in themselves, whether as natural objects or works of art.
Bacon's famous argument that it is wise not to confound the Book of Nature with the Book of God comes into focus, since the latter deals with God's will (inscrutable for man) and the former with God's work, the scientific explanation or appreciation of which is a form of Christian divine service.
He correctly divined that the leading players would survive the settlement and enjoy stock appreciation.
If religion is more like the appreciation of Shakespeare, then there are going to be individuals who have a better eye for the divine, and whom it is, therefore, more valuable to study.
