10 QUOTES WITH «SENTIENT»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
sentient.
Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.
For a long time, I felt instinctively irritated - sometimes repelled - by scientific friends' automatic use of the word 'mechanism' for automatic bodily processes. A machine was man-made; it was not a sentient being; a man was not a machine.
I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles.
Should we find a second form of life right here on our doorstep, we could be confident that life is a truly cosmic phenomenon. If so, there may well be sentient beings somewhere in the galaxy wondering, as do we, if they are not alone in the universe.
A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.
The sentient beast has long been a staple of fantasy fiction and its antecedents in myth and folktale.
Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the protection of this basic right than race, sex, age, or sexual orientation is a reason to deny membership in the human moral community to other humans.
There is no moral distinction between fur and other materials made from animals, such as leather, which also is the result of the suffering and death of sentient beings.
Only where there is sentient life can there be feelings of pleasure and pain, sorrow or joy.
From Graham Greene, I learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENTIENT»
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sentient in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sentient and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Embryos, Galaxies, and
Sentient Beings: How the Universe ...
Why is the universe conscious?
2
Worldly Acts and
Sentient Things: The Persistence of Agency ...
Chodat exposes a major shortcoming in recent accounts of twentieth-century discourse, arguing that what is often seen as the "death" of agency is better described as the displacement of agency onto new and varied entities.
3
Systems of Organization: The Control of Task and
Sentient ...
Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1967 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
E. J. Miller, A. K. Rice, 2013
4
Morgan Nightingale: The
Sentient Cyborg
But she has questions and she is quite capable of learning and making choices just like any sentient being. So why would she choose to serve? Morgan Nightingale 5 intends to learn herself free and human if it takes a hundred years.
5
The Dawn of Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Doctrine: Ching-ying ...
It is possible as the VimalakIrt-sutra explains, "It is called 'compassion' because [a
Bodhisattva] in thinking about the sentient beings teaches the Dharma for the
sake of sentient beings in accordance [with their needs and capacity]." Also, the ...
6
Sociology and Organization Theory: Positivism, Paradigms and ...
These concerns were expressed forcefully in a book of sectoral studies written by
Rice in partnership with E. J. Miller, Systems of Organization: the Control of Task
and Sentient Boundaries (1967). In this volume, boundary regulation is ...
7
A Treasury of Mahāyāna Sūtras: Selections from the ...
Because I wish to benefit sentient beings with right contemplation. I contemplate
the Tathagata as characterized by suchness, by nondistinction, by immobility, by
nonaction, by neither arising nor ceasing, by neither existing nor not existing, ...
8
A Theory of General Ethics: Human Relationships, Nature, and ...
digenous sentient animals than an introduced—especially an invasive— sentient
animal or a population of the same number of introduced sentient animals of the
same average level of sentience. Yet the animal welfare approaches invite the ...
9
Cultivating Spirituality: A Modern Shin Buddhist Anthology
For the self to be the self, even if the transcendent is the transcendent, it cannot
be the transcendent unless it realizes itself in the moment when it is related to
sentient beings who are selves. Thus, [we can ask] what does it mean when we
say ...
Mark L.Blum, Robert F. Rhodes, 2011
10
Life, Mind, and Knowledge; Or, the Circuit of
Sentient Existence
Life, Mind, And Knowledge - Or, The Circuit Of Sentient Existence - By J. C. Thomas
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENTIENT»
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Sentient Jet captures fervor of 2015 equestrian season in VIP package
Private aviator Sentient Jet, together with its partner the Breeders' Cup, is offering equestrian lovers an opportunity to witness horse racing history through its ... «Luxury Daily, Jul 15»
Toro Energy enters into deal with Sentient to refinance debt
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Uranium developer Toro Energy has inked a transaction with major shareholder The Sentient Group which would halve its current ... «Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, Jun 15»
Quebec bill calls animals 'sentient beings' and includes jail time for …
Paradis also looked to France, which updated its own laws last January to change the status of animals to sentient beings from their prior status of movable ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
New Zealand Amends Law To Recognise Animals As 'Sentient' Beings
The country's Animal Welfare Amendment Bill states that animals are “sentient” beings like humans. “To say that animals are sentient is to state explicitly that ... «International Business Times AU, May 15»
Smart Grid Today Names Sentient Energy CEO, James Keener …
BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sentient Energy, Inc., a leading Engineering and Solutions company offering advanced grid monitoring and analytics ... «Business Wire, May 15»
New Zealand legally recognises animals as 'sentient' beings
"To say that animals are sentient is to state explicitly that they can experience both positive and negative emotions, including pain and distress," said Dr Virginia ... «Manawatu Standard, May 15»
'Sentient data' may one day augment Soldier capability
"Sentient data," or information that can feel and perceive things, might one day protect Soldiers and their networks, said a leading scientist at U.S. Army Training ... «United States Army, May 15»
Warframe reveals Tombs of the Sentient
... content to keep those new users satisfied. The latest expansion of the game adds an epic scale. Here is the video showing off the Tombs of the Sentient. «Lazygamer, Mar 15»
Sentient Jet Supports 4th Annual Light It Up Blue Aspen to Raise …
BRAINTREE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sentient Jet, a Directional Aviation Capital company, is proud to announce it is a presenting sponsor of Light It Up Blue ... «Business Wire, Feb 15»
Animals have feelings, French parliament rules
The fight to have animals recognised as sentient beings has been led by animal welfare charity "Fondation 30 million Amis" (Foundation of 30 million friends), ... «The Local.fr, Jan 15»
