Sentence examples for an influential passage from inspiring English sources

In an influential passage containing echoes of Siger of Brabant, a passage to which Anneliese Maier first drew attention (Scriptum I, d. 36: Maier 1949; Marchia 2000), Marchia explains that there are two types of contingency in the world: first, there is contingency per se, simpliciter, positiva, and intrinseca.

With Lincoln's consent and a note of safe passage, an influential conservative Republican, Preston Blair, went through the lines to the Confederate capital at Richmond, Va.

In an influential essay, titled "Objectification," Nussbaum builds on a passage written by Sunstein, in which he suggests that some forms of sexual objectification can be both ineradicable and wonderful.

"Every child has a right to their childhood, and every child should be given an unconditional guarantee of safe passage through their years of infancy," thundered Bill Heffernan, an influential Liberal party senator who has campaigned on child safety issues.

"The national debate has accomplished a great deal, and the passage of the bill will as well," said Representative Benjamin L. Cardin, Democrat of Maryland, an influential voice on health issues.

He played an influential role in the development of the United States Constitution at the 1788 Philadelphia Convention, and, as a US Senator, in the passage of its 11th Amendment.

Stahl was an influential teacher.

Penn also became an influential portraitist.

There is not even an influential university.

Foucault was indeed an influential thinker.

Rabemananjara was also an influential politician.