divine being
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Now the mathematician turns for the first time to the definition of a divine being: x is divine if it possesses all positive properties φ.
From Scientific American • Oct. 4, 2022
He observed that what Western thinkers envisioned as a divine being, the Bantu understood as various forces, including human forces, animal forces, and mineral forces.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Week 1450, how space aliens or future scientists would interpret our society: Records are fragmentary, but it appears there was once a divine being who walked the earth, performed miracles and was called Chuck Norris.
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022
In the case of Buddhism, the provocation was twofold: Early Buddhists did not regard the Buddha as a divine being but a great teacher.
From New York Times • May 11, 2020
He had decided to live there because the view was so beautiful, because, from his vantage point, he seemed to be looking out on to the incarnation of a divine being.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
