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"Is the glass half empty or half full?", and other similar expressions such as the adjectives glass-half-full or glass-half-empty, are idioms which contrast an optimistic and pessimistic outlook on a specific situation or on the world at large. [1] "Half full" means optimistic and "half empty" means pessimistic.
The word "providence" comes from Latin providentia meaning foresight or prudence, and that in turn from pro-"ahead" and videre "to see". [3] The current use of the word in the secular sense refers to foresight, or "timely preparation for eventualities", [ 4 ] or (if one is a deist or an atheist ) "nature as providing protective care".
The reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. Annuit cœptis (/ ˈ æ n u ɪ t ˈ s ɛ p t ɪ s /, Classical Latin: [ˈannʊ.ɪt ˈkoe̯ptiːs]) is one of two mottos on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States.
In 1553, Mary I, a Roman Catholic, succeeded her Protestant half-brother, Edward VI, to the English throne. Mary set about trying to restore Roman Catholicism by making sure that: Edward's religious laws were abolished in the Statute of Repeal Act (1553); the Protestant religious laws passed in the time of Henry VIII were repealed; and the ...
Divine providence is discussed by all of the major Jewish philosophers, but its extent and nature is a matter of dispute. [2] There are, broadly, two views, differing largely as to the frequency with which God intervenes in the natural order.
This phrase, in Hebrew כּוֹסִי רְוָיָה (kōsî rəwāyāh), is translated in the traditionally used King James Version as my cup runneth over.Newer translations of the phrase include "my cup overflows" [2] and "my cup is completely full". [3]
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The working title for the song was "Half Empty", and thus "H." most likely stands for that or "Half Full". [3] During several tours, the lead singer of Tool, Maynard James Keenan , has referenced his son, whose middle name is H, just before performances of this song.