Sentence examples for ground of being from inspiring English sources

The ground of being, however, cannot be itself a being; otherwise, infinite regress would render the logic of the Laozi suspect.

Twentieth-century theologian Paul Tillich described God not as a supernatural being but as "the ground of being".

On the one hand, there are metaphysical interpretations of the term: God is a prime mover, or a first cause, or a necessary being that has its necessity of itself, or the ground of being, or a being whose essence is identical with its existence.

Call it the Ground of Being.

But Obama, at least, had the high ground of being largely on track to meet his 2020 climate goals.

He stands outside everything, "the infinite to which nothing can add and from which nothing can subtract," the ultimate ground of being.

To my astonishment, one rejected me on the grounds of being overly personable.

Both were selected for the exhibition on the grounds of being significant recent works.

Nor should anyone expect to be appointed U.S. senator on the grounds of being the daughter of a revered President.

Sausages in milk, while certainly interesting, failed on the grounds of being on the wrong side of vile.

The agency has objected to seven other Ryanair ads, most of them on the grounds of being misleading or inappropriate.