Sentence examples similar to mankind foundation from inspiring English sources

Since 1988 "The Ages of Mankind," a foundation created by the 11 Roman Catholic Dioceses in Castile-León, has put together traveling exhibitions, drawing on artworks from religious institutions around the region.

The French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, left, will be among the winners of the Kyoto Prize, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation in Japan to recognize "contributions to the scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment of mankind," the foundation said in a news release.

Recent advancements in science and technology have unveiled the new prospects and put the mankind on the foundation of the newly developed field named as nanotechnology.

Hume's placing the science of man at the foundation of all the sciences both exemplifies the privilege afforded to "mankind's study of man" within the Enlightenment and provides an interpretation of it.

In his "Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind," he wrote, "In the midst of so much philosophy, humanity, and civilization, and of such sublime codes of morality, we have nothing to show for ourselves but a frivolous and deceitful appearance, honor without virtue, reason without wisdom, and pleasure without happiness".

US industrialist John D Rockefeller set up the foundation "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world".

Ambassador Pardo's argument, and, indeed, the foundation of the common heritage of mankind principle's benefit-sharing component, is based on the pursuit of a more equitable framework.

The foundation, which seeks the "improvement and benefit of mankind, and the alleviation of human suffering," has supported many educational causes, but the combined $25 million gift, which was announced on Monday, is its largest, representing half of its current assets.

In a book published in 1921, Charlie Chaplin told the critic Louis Delluc that his comedy was based on "some simple truths about the character of mankind" and added that "when all is said and done, the foundation of all success is only a knowledge of human nature, whether one is a businessman, an innkeeper, a publisher, or an actor".

"The indestructible prerogatives of mankind," he wrote, "have no need to be supported upon the sandy foundation of a fiction".

That's a scary proposition for many critics of CCS, who like to point out -- with some foundation -- that unanticipated environmental side effects tend to accompany mankind's penchant for burying its problems.