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- Dictionaryearthly/ˈəːθli/
adjective
- 1. relating to the earth or human life: "water is liquid at normal earthly temperatures" Similar Opposite
- 2. used for emphasis: informal "there was no earthly reason why she should not come too" Similar
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1 day ago · "Sustainability can be defined as the capacity to maintain or improve the state and availability of desirable materials or conditions over the long term." [23] "Sustainability [is] the long-term viability of a community, set of social institutions, or societal practice.
3 days ago · Going to Ground: An anthology of nature and place, edited by nature writer Jon Woolcott, is a fine collection of just such writing. Genuinely engaging, the collective of more than 30 new and ...
2 days ago · [1] In the Early Buddhist schools, as well as modern Theravāda Buddhism, bodhisattva ( Pāli: bodhisatta) refers to someone who has made a resolution to become a Buddha and has also received a confirmation or prediction from a living Buddha that this will be so. [2]
3 days ago · We live in an age of climate emergency and eco-anxiety. This is, after all, the Anthropocene—a geological period defined by the bootprint of humans on Earth. Bearing witness to our place in the ...
2 days ago · Asceticism [a] is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. [3] .
1 day ago · However, I am not convinced as this account of the rich man and Lazarus presents spiritual truth directly, with no earthly metaphor. The setting for most of the story is the afterlife, as opposed to the parables, which unfold in earthly contexts. In short it, does not read like a parable. It is never called a parable.
2 days ago · Abstractly, we all long for a dignified death, during which family surround us and we suffer minimal pain and anxiety. In reality, however, the dying process is often unsettling, even when we try to prepare ourselves for its messy realities. Perhaps most importantly, however, conflating the phrase “death with dignity” and assisted dying ...
