Sentence examples for knowledge and goodness from inspiring English sources

He reaffirmed for them the alliance between faith and reason and, finally, between knowledge and goodness.

There was, first, the socialist revolt against that tradition itself, which, though based on the rationalistic part of the Marxian philosophy, ended up, when translated into practice, in an orgy of irrationality of which the mass-acclamation of Stalin as the source of knowledge and goodness is the latest striking sample.

By contrast, if God is conceived of in a purely metaphysical way, and if no connection can be forged between the relevant metaphysical properties and the possession of significant power, knowledge, and goodness, then the problem of evil is irrelevant.

More than a common god in a pantheon of gods, he is portrayed as being the one creator of the cosmos, and as having uniquely great power, knowledge, and goodness.

The presence of various evils in the world is problematic for anyone who claims that this world was created by a God who has infinite power, knowledge and goodness.

It is true, however, as Morris points out, that God's having no choice either about creating the framework of reality or about having the properties of absolute power, knowledge, and goodness, does not result from something else imposing this framework and properties upon him.

But what if God, rather than being characterized in terms of knowledge, power, and goodness, is defined in some more metaphysical way for example, as the ground of being, or as being itself?

Since Neo-Confucian ideology is based on the Mencian interpretation of ancient Confucianism, this unity of innate knowledge and moral goodness is quite unsurprising.

The answer will depend on whether, having defined God in such purely metaphysical terms, one can go on to argue that such an entity will also possess at least very great power, knowledge, and moral goodness.

The point here, however, is simply that when one conceives of God as unlimited with respect to power, knowledge, and moral goodness, the existence of evil quickly gives rise to potentially serious arguments against the existence of God.

Such a person is like a tree:he will give his divine knowledge, his goodness, and his good qualities to others in order to make them peaceful.