Sentence examples for through contemplation of from inspiring English sources

The latter school taught that, through contemplation of that which could be seen (i.e., the image of Christ), the mind might rise to contemplation of that which could not be seen (i.e., the essence of Christ).

Like a number of other themes dealing with the lives of Christ and the Virgin, the Holy Family gained importance at the end of the Middle Ages as an inspiration to popular piety through contemplation of the emotional aspects of the Gospel story.

The term is also interpreted in East Asia to mean "enlightened through contemplation of conditionality".

Of course Russell does not attempt to derive an Is (such as the claim that idealism or pragmatism is false) from an Ought (such as the claim that we ought to enlarge the Self through contemplation of the Other, something that would be difficult if either of these philosophies were correct).

Wordsworth resurrected the form, making it a medium for transcendence through the contemplation of nature.

Through the contemplation of the landscape in his everyday fatherland, Juan L. Ortiz reaches consciousness in which he perceives the wonder of one being one with everything.

Hesychasm, in Eastern Christianity, type of monastic life in which practitioners seek divine quietness (Greek hēsychia) through the contemplation of God in uninterrupted prayer.

The point is not to deliver or receive "answers" but to learn through the contemplation of historic objects, to ask questions and to talk.

She alone could make high art out of the dilemma of a woman "in the grip," elevate Love to the same metaphoric heights that another novelist could reach through the contemplation of God or War.

Lorenzo (1449 92) became the centre of a group of artists, poets, scholars, and musicians who believed in the Neoplatonic ideal of a mystical union with God through the contemplation of beauty.

Through the contemplation of these theoretical frameworks, the course speculates on other alternative understandings of nature and the relationship between nature and built environment in order to further inspire design intentions and methodologies.