Sentence examples for Compendium of knowledge from inspiring English sources

Does the world – even the rarified world of chefs – really need so baroque a compendium of knowledge?

Feijóo's monumental Theatro crítico universal (1726 39; "Universal Critical Theatre"), a compendium of knowledge, exemplifies the interests and achievements of the encyclopaedists.

The Ars magna's apologetic applications receded into the background after Llull's death, and it was as a universal system and compendium of knowledge that the Ars remained influential until long after the Renaissance.

It's been noted more than once, since Judge Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court, that her family was the only one in its housing project in the South Bronx area of New York to have the Encyclopaedia Britannica, that most authoritative and venerated compendium of knowledge.

Judging by its illustrations, the manuscript seems to be a compendium of knowledge related to the natural world, including a section about herbs, a section apparently detailing biological processes, various zodiac charts, and pages devoted to the movements of celestial bodies, such as the transit of the moon across the Pleiades.

The idea that you'd rather be robbed than sold a multivolume compendium of knowledge was obviously a parody of the relentless message of self-improvement represented by the ubiquitous encyclopedia salesmen of decades ago, though there was also a poke at the lower and middle classes themselves, which, as another encyclopedia skit demonstrated, really wanted to watch television.

In the fourth century, Vasubandhu undertook a comprehensive survey of the Sarvāstivāda School's thought, and wrote a compendium, Treasury of Knowledge, (Abhidharmakośakārikā AbhiDK; Mngon pa ku 1b 25a) with his own Commentary on the Treasury of Knowledge (Abhidharmakośabhāṣya AbhiDKB, Mngon pa ku 26b 258a).

For Her (a "faux-expert compendium of scientific knowledge").

A nomenclature of colors for naturalists, and compendium of useful knowledge for ornithologists.

The blurb describes it as "a thorough compendium of the knowledge of the pharmacological, medical, and legal aspects of drugs".

By contrast, the internet facilitates instantaneous worldwide communication and provides almost universal access to a vast compendium of human knowledge.