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- noun archaic Alternative spelling of
morphew .
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A key scriptural text for incarnational theology and churches is Philippians 2, the possibly pre-Pauline hymn where Paul writes about Jesus being in the "morphe" of God.
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According to Heidegger in his famous essay, "The Origin of the Work of Art", one of the most common understandings of a thing is, precisely, matter (hyle) that has form (morphe).
Archive 2007-07-01 enowning 2007
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“Prom.” 210 (of Themis and Gaia), pollon onomaton morphe mia.
Symposium 2007
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According to Heidegger in his famous essay, "The Origin of the Work of Art", one of the most common understandings of a thing is, precisely, matter (hyle) that has form (morphe).
enowning enowning 2007
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As long as there are human beings, there will be religion for the sufficient reason that the self is a theomorphic creature -- one whose morphe form is theos -- God encased within it.
Huston Smith - Why Religion Matters (2) William Harryman 2007
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[2694] Her individuality (morphe) would have been lost, while her substance (ousia) would have survived in the common essence of the
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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(Lat. forma; Gr. eidos, morphe, he kata ton logon ousia, to ti en einai: Aristotle)
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Thirdly, the several biological sciences which describe the development of organisms are comprised under the general name of morphogeny (morphe and genea, "origin"), or biogeny.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The science which describes the structure of organisms is called morphology (morphe, "shape").
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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In Greek, according to Aristotle, the to ti en enai, eidos, morphe, and ousia deutera are one and the same thing — the essence, or quiddity, which determines the specific nature of the thing.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Greek Shape.
July 11, 2008