Sentence examples for affairs wise from inspiring English sources

Of course, there have always been men of affairs wise enough to see past the current dogma.

For it seems correct to say 'The state of affairs of Socrates' being wise obtains because Socrates is wise', but not 'Socrates is wise because the state of affairs of Socrates' being wise obtains'.

By Sunday, the legs of the weekend warriors were starting to tire, restricting the third day solely to an outdoor affair was a wise decision.

3.1 seems to show that the state of affairs of Socrates' being wise consists only of Socrates and being wise.

According to Chisholm (1970, 20f, see also Plantinga 1974, 45 6), the state of affairs of Socrates' being wise is nothing but the proposition that Socrates is wise.

But if the fact is just the obtaining state of affairs of Socrates' being wise, we need in turn something that explains why the state of affairs obtains.

Ferdinand offered Mary the post of regent again in 1528, but she declined, saying that "such affairs need a person wiser and older".

Years ago, I was in the throes of an obsessive affair, and a very wise friend sat me down and asked me, "Would you give this man the keys and the title to your car?" It seemed a ludicrous query.

One reason is that human affairs are messy, as the wise South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has pointed out, and do not lend themselves to simple black-and-white solutions.

He had been to such affairs before and so was wise enough to have a portable toilet tucked near the food tent.

Take the states of affairs of Aristotle's being wise.