Sentence examples for dualistic view from inspiring English sources

Its very being arises out of an either/or dualistic view of gender.

The Therapeutae shared with the Essenes a dualistic view of body and soul.

The ancient Greeks saw in Zoroastrianism the archetype of the dualistic view of the world and of human destiny.

We and Kermit all share a dualistic view on life, where the good stuff and the bad stuff equals itself out.

Christian mysticism confronted this dualistic view of humans, interpreting humans in their mind-body entirety as being in the image of God.

Concentration on the soul's involvement with matter as being the cause of the misery of human life has generally stemmed from a dualistic view of human nature.

Augustine had an immense influence, but dualistic views in which evil exists as an independent force have erupted repeatedly as heretical traditions within Christianity.

There is evidence of discussions between rabbis and Athenians, Alexandrians, Roman philosophers, and even the emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138 161); despite all of these discussions, only one rabbi, Elisha ben Abuyah (early 2nd century), appears to have embraced gnosticism, accepting certain esoteric religious dualistic views.

In still other interpretations e.g., that of the Christian Priscillianists (followers of Priscillian, a Spanish ascetic of the 4th century who apparently held dualistic views)—the stars merely make manifest the will of God to those trained in astrological symbolism.

Leibniz's rejection of materialist conceptions of the mind was coupled with a strong opposition to dualistic views concerning the relationship between mind and body, particularly the substance dualism that figured in the philosophy of Descartes and his followers.

Moreover, this naturalism also rules out dualistic views of nature according to which there is a normative order of things, or a way that things should be, that stands in contrast to the actual order of things.