It is a pinnacle, life-expanding experience --the ultimate adventure for skiers with a passion for powder.
Klein comes armed with a copy of the Greek philosopher Epicurus' "Art of Happiness," which views old age as the "pinnacle of life" and urges those in their later years to slow down, surrender their competitive instincts and savor the joys of being alive.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in Agent 007's favorite realm, the casino: James Bond could be seen as a modern embodiment of the agonistic spirit, of Nietzsche's assertion that "the cruelty of victory is the pinnacle of life's jubilation".
Dawkins (2004) is quick to qualify his hesitating support for "progressive evolution" by referring to a "value-free" rather than "value-laden" progress in which change occurs in a direction one might consider desirable according to some normative value system, as toward humanity (if we are to be considered the pinnacle of life)—which seems reasonable, from our anthropocentric perspective.
We think we have reached the pinnacle of life's expression and that this is as good as it gets.
It's because for every gang-banger we know, we also know an accountant; for every Christian we know, we also know an Atheist; for every straight man we know, we also know a lesbian, and for every Black woman we know who thinks that having a man is the pinnacle of life, we know another Black woman who truly doesn't give a damn.
Peter Lieberson, who is the son of Goddard Lieberson, the longtime head of Columbia Records, and Vera Zorina, a stage and film actress of the nineteen-thirties and forties, a noted ballerina, and a former wife of George Balanchine, had grown up at the pinnacle of artistic life in New York.
"It is the highlight and pinnacle of your life when those days happen.
College is seen as the pinnacle of social life because the condensed geography, flexible schedules, similar demographics and outgoing energy enable people to overcome the barriers to assembly.
"Being at the Olympics was the pinnacle of my life and to be able to go to another one would be fantastic".
