Sentence examples for Manichaean from inspiring English sources

His most readable work is probably "La misère du monde" (Seuil; FFr69), which mainly lets others—France's down-and-under speak for themselves.If you boil away the jargon, Mr Bourdown-and-under speak down-and-under speak Manichaean conviction that social relations rest on domination: some people dominate, others are dominated.

Mr Bergman's portrayal of Israel's confrontation with Iran will also strike some non-Israeli readers as excessively Manichaean.

Knowledge of his teachings was greatly increased by the discovery in the early 20th century of many fragments of Manichaean literature in eastern Turkistan.

The wars Nash painted and drew were not just of opposing armies but of the manichaean struggle between all kinds of things: between woods and the paths that run through them, forms and space; land and sea, men and women, between order and disorder.

The dynastic name Ming, meaning "Brightness," reflects the Manichaean influence in the Song-revivalist Han Lin'er regime under which Zhu had achieved prominence.

Kant's orientation is more Manichaean; he thinks that acceptance of the Principle leads the theorist to underrepresent the extent of conflict in the world and its constructive aspects.

I think it partly has to do with specific incentives for different businesses, but part of it is due to political dynamics created by America's two-party system and our penchant for Manichaean thinking.

The whole point of democracy is to create consensus and legitimacy so that governments can keep the peace, but our Manichaean two-party system is undermining this grand project.Perhaps we could solve this by forcibly resettling large numbers of conservatives in Brooklyn, or sending large numbers of liberals to Wyoming.