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- 1. used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is: "questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals" Similar
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2 days ago · ABSTRACT. The special issue Mere Light examines hidden paradoxes of light, perhaps the most conventional imagistic figure known to literature and philosophy alike. In this introduction, the editors lay out the stakes of the special issue, while offering brief readings of passages from Roland Barthes, Marcel Proust, Martin Heidegger, Immanuel Kant, and Arthur Schopenhauer that disrupt some of ...
2 days ago · Buddhist practice works to change the structures of subjectivity and make them more conducive to liberation, in whatever way it may be defined. Thus, the Buddhist contemplative tradition can be seen to participate in an effort to change the quality of consciousness, rather than being a mere attempt to reach an annihilation of “suffering.”
1 day ago · In the context of the Bible, "testament" is most accurately understood as "covenant." A covenant is a solemn agreement or pact between two parties, often accompanied by signs, sacrifices, and promises. The biblical concept of covenant is central to understanding God's relationship with humanity throughout scripture.
2 days ago · Malaysia, country of Southeast Asia, lying just north of the Equator, that is composed of two noncontiguous regions: Peninsular Malaysia (Semenanjung Malaysia), also called West Malaysia (Malaysia Barat), which is on the Malay Peninsula, and East Malaysia (Malaysia Timur), which is on the island of Borneo.
1 day ago · A Puritan English clergyman who, during the English Civil War of the 1600's, sought to minimize the differences between and unite Presbyterians and Anglicans and Independent Non-conformists by focusing on "mere" Christianity.
2 days ago · God - Wikipedia. Left to right, top to bottom: representations of God in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Baháʼí Faith, Zoroastrianism, and Balinese Hinduism. In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. [1] .
1 day ago · In chapter one of Book I of C.S. Lewis' book Mere Christianity, what is the point he making about when people quarrel, i.e. (in other words), what does it show that the people quarrelling both understand?
