Sentence examples for tranquil order from inspiring English sources

Not only have her lifelong illusions of tranquil order been dispelled, but her home and her life have been invaded by probing journalists, especially a certain Niemeyer (Gottfried John), who promises sympathy but delivers scandal.

The peace of a just and tranquil order points toward something like a condition of wholeness in which there is solidarity, mutual respect, and satisfaction of needs.

In the history of the West, this sort of peace is often linked to what Augustine called the "tranquility of order" (Augustine 1958, Book 19, Chapter 13) In recent Western thought, this idea often follows Kant in claiming that liberal democracy is the key to such a tranquil order.

Deontological pacifists will also reply that while they do value a just and tranquil social order, and may even be willing to die in defense of such as just order, their basic principles prohibit them from killing in its defense.

She showed slides of bonobos, including one captioned "MAKE LOVE NOT WAR," and said that the apes, which she described as "bisexual," engaged in various kinds of sexual activity in order to defuse conflict and maintain a tranquil society.

This objection shares something with those defenders of the just war idea who, like George Weigel, are inspired by the Augustinian ideal of using war to defend a tranquil and just social order.

Defenders of the just war tradition from Augustine to Walzer argue that occasionally it is necessary to make war in order to establish such a tranquil and just social condition.

Otherwise, it was a tranquil scene – with a very Swiss emphasis on order.

Without a global order with greater justice, there will be tranquil prosperity for no one.' The UN secretary-general, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, said people could continue to waste the planet's resources for a few more decades.

He returned to Eton in 1918, to take up the same position, and died a tranquil death in 1936, though not before being awarded the Order of Merit, the most exclusive of British garlands.

After a few minutes of sitting in Yosemite Valley or driving through the Grand Tetons, my mind assumes the tranquil state in which I know everything is in perfect order.