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| means independent of the subject |
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| means dependent on the subject |
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| refers to the qualities shared by all members of a particular group that distinguish that group from all other groups (synonymous with essence) |
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| means to experience completeness and communion with others |
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| refers to the process of seeking that which pleasaes or gratifies us (wealth, sensuality, power, and honor) |
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| refers to experiencing what pleases or gratifies us (wealth, sensuality, power, and honor) |
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| refers to the process of seeking that which satisfies or complete us |
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| refers to experiencing what satisfies or completes us |
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| the whole and perfect possession of unlimited life at once |
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| refers to the supreme good of joy and contentment arising from the experience |
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| mean that things in the material universe are changeable and scarce |
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| mean that in choosing one thing, we cannot choose other things |
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| refers to the dynamic moral order that God wove into the fabric of the creation |
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| believes that God does not exist |
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| does not know whether or not God exists |
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| says that there needs to be a Being who set the creation in motion and established the patterns for change |
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| says that nothing can cause itself, so in the beginning there has to be a first cause |
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| states that reality cannot consist of only contingent beings, there must be at least one being that had to exist |
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| states that we can identify gradations in being from superior to inferior |
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| states that because creation works in concert with itself it must be the product of design |
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| refers to how individuals or groups understand the nature of things, human nature, good and evil |
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| (Theist) refers to the view that essence (what it is) precedes existence (that it is) which leads to belief in the existence of God |
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| (Agnostic) refers to the view that the question of essence and existence cannot be resolved |
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| (Atheist) refers to the view that existence (that it is) precedes essence (what it is) so God is not needed |
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| refers to what could be the reality |
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| refers to the material stuff of which a thing or act consists |
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| refers to the identity of a thing or act with all of its properties |
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| refers to the identity of a thing or an act with all of its properties in a certain condition |
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| gives identity and makes something a certain kind of thing |
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| traits that cannot exist apart from a substance and are not properties of a substance, but reveal the substance |
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| what the act is ordered toward (purpose is a synonym for final end) |
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| refers to the process of becoming |
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| refer to the properties that go beyond the particulars of any one thing |
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| refers to the sum total of all created existence, everything and everyone |
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| describes existence out of time |
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refers to the expanding material reality of space-time
exists in 4 dimensions (3 spatial and one temporal) |
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| refers to our experience of the continuous process that we experience as the future becomes the past |
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| what we call our experience of the future becoming the past |
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| means that existence originates within itself and not from an outside source |
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| change occurs in the universe in constant predictable relationships because things and event are linked by absolute necessity |
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change occurs in the universe in unpredictable ways
anything can happen because there are no necessary relationships linking things and events (shit happens) |
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| change occurs in the universe in generally predictable relationships |
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| refers to a relationship whereby it is impossible for one thing or event to occur unless or until another thing or event occurs first |
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| refers to a relationship whereby it is possible but difficult for one thing or event to occur unless or until another thing or event occurs first |
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| refers to two things or events that have no necessary relationship with each other |
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| refers to the relationship between chaos and order, change and constancy in a given thing or act due to the boundaries set by the nature of the thing or act |
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| a characteristic unique to a certain kind of thing or act |
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| the realization of our full human potential (the whole and perfect possession of unlimited life at once) |
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| the means by which God created a new form of human life (Risen Life for us) |
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| those that contribute to our actualizing happiness in risen life |
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| those that deny us happiness in risen life |
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| the commitment to the good of another |
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| refers to denying whom we really are in an effort to gain the acceptance of others |
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| refers to the supreme good of joy and contentment arising from the experience |
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| the substantial form of the human individual (we are made in the image and likeness of God with the potential to inherit risen life) |
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| refers to an individual substance of a rational nature |
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| in Christ is the realization of our full human potential (the whole and perfect possession of unlimited life at once) |
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| the means by which God created a new form of human life (Risen Life for us) |
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| those that contribute to our actualizing happiness in risen life |
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| those that deny us happiness in risen life |
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| the commitment to the good (happiness) of another |
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| refers to denying whom we really are in an effort to gain the acceptance of others |
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| refers to the supreme good of joy and contentment arising from the experience |
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| the substantial form of the human individual (we are made in the image and likeness of God with the potential to inherit risen life) |
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| refers to an individual substance of a rational nature |
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| genuine spiritual being (soul) that is most fully the self |
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| means the value or worth of the individual by virtue of their human personhood |
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| refers to recognition of one's own human dignity |
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| means to be self-consistent and rightly integrated |
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| means the successful integration of sexuality within the person |
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| refers to the automatic and uncritical attraction to what appears good or the repulsion from what appears evil |
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| a surge of energy through the appetites that can inflame the will and override the intellect |
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| refers to the struggle within the self, caused by the alienation of the original sin that makes controlling the impulse emotions so difficult |
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| refers to our capacity to know and understand in general and specifically to the distinctively human ability to form concepts |
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| refers to the ability to act on our own initiative; the freedom to choose even in opposition to one's own nature |
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| sensible, balanced, fair, and logical |
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| confident, decisive, and bold |
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| the experience of the emotions |
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| a state of soul and mind experienced as harmony, stability, and completeness or simply happiness |
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