The Worldly Philosophers

He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

I need some cardboard boxes to pack my possessions.

Crossing the Gods World Religions and Worldly Politics (Rutgers University Press, 2003).

Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions.

A slave could have possessions and even own other slaves.

He died in 1093, leaving the possessions to his brother Hugh.

With Henry's support, Stephen rapidly began to accumulate lands and possessions.

The late Robert Heilbronner one of Schumpeter s most renowned students viewed economics as worldly philosophy.

Many religions instruct us that attachment to material possessions makes us unhappy.

But we cannot rely on them when so many worldly people see nothing wrong with revolving doors.

Furs, jewels, iPhone 5S, and other possessions that regular people don't have the money for.

Twitter users posted about finding prized possessions and turning them in to be reconnected with their owners

The word was introduced to Denmark by travelling journeymen who took all their possessions along with them.

Those who devour the possessions of the orphans unjustly devour only fire, and will surely burn in Hell.

By admitting conflict of interest,' scientists engaged in such research show that they cannot disengage themselves from the worldly agendas of their patrons.

By that fact alone, he added a spiritual dimension to an age which is dominated by worldly concerns, such as wealth and show business.

But all or almost all of this increase comes from more people with more possessions living closer to harm s way.

I think sometimes it can be filling a void or having material possessions as some kind of comfort, Wez says.

And when you give back their possessions have this witnessed, (and remember) that God is sufficient to take all account.

All through that difficult time Karenin noticed that all his worldly acquaintances, especially the women, displayed a particularly lively interest in him and his wife.

Further, no one has the right to use her or his possessions without concern for the needs of society and Earth.

John Maynard Keynes prophesied in the 1920 s that as countries grew wealthier, people s preoccupation with money and possessions would diminish.

Indeed, the overwhelming majority of African rulers regard their countries as their personal possessions, to be used as they see fit.

You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.

In danger of losing the control of all Italian possessions in North Africa, Germany finally sent the Afrika Korps to support Italy.

The Almohad empire lost control of its possessions in Spain and much of its African territory, eventually leading to its total collapse.

On 28 November 2006, Barrett's other possessions were sold at an auction at Cheffins auction house in Cambridge, raising 120,000 for charity.

More than a hundred thousand people remain displaced by the accident, some having lost family, homes, possessions, and even the desire to live.

For the reformers, normality meant the progressive development of Muslim societies, and they tied this to the interaction of Islamic teaching with relevant, worldly ideas of the time.

Concrete and publicly announced measures by the Ministry of Interior in view to safeguard the life, security and possessions of refugees passing through Macedonia.

For the ancient Egyptians the lap was a platform upon which to place the earthly possessions of the dead 30 cubits from foot to knee.

Although there had been several unofficial statements by Kim Jong Il s regime admitting that North Korea possessions nuclear arsenal, the announcement was the first official confirmation.

In the world s harshest environment, they trekked hundreds of kilometers, surviving on camel milk and dried meat, with all of their possessions strapped to a camel s back.

Even as the British were dismantling their empire after World War II, the French and Dutch still believed that parting with their Asian possessions would result in chaos.

This is fueling a massive shift from where usage trumps possessions or as Kevin Kelly, the editor of Wired magazine, puts it, where access is better than ownership.

Allowing them to frame these problems in religious terms legitimizes the perspective that they are attempting to impose, particularly in their own societies.It also allows them to camouflage their very worldly thirst for power.

Dutch governor in Brazil He was appointed as the governor of the Dutch possessions in Brazil in 1636 by the Dutch West India Company on recommendation of Frederick Henry.

There is a tradition of the central banker as a worldly philosopher, who stands up for long term sensible policy, and this tradition makes it politically easier for central bankers to do the right thing.

But we cannot rely on them when so many worldly people see nothing wrong with revolving doors. They claim to manage conflicts of interest but we see that they may manage them for their own interests.

In reality, what makes scientific knowledge so credible is that it is produced by an open , imaginative , self critical , disinterested , communal process . It is these institutional characteristics of scientific research that win our worldly wise trust.

Lock their door and put their keys in a glass of water, which you then put in the freezer but don't Blu Tack their possessions to the ceiling more than twice.

Yahoo! s biggest opportunity lies within its half billion registered users own possessions and habits, their photos and friendships and electronic data that is now becoming sufficiently extensive and complex to need management.

Titled Imovina političara (Properties of Politicians), the database reveals the real estate and other possessions owned by leading politicians and members of their families, as well as business relations and run ins with the law.

and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.