Sentence examples for ancient purpose from inspiring English sources

The author urges his readers to return to what he sees as the ancient purpose of philosophy: teaching people how to live.

"If the artist is not to lose much of his ancient purpose, he may have to plunder the popular arts to recover the imagery which is his rightful inheritance," he wrote in 1961.

Their ancient forerunners' purpose was "the hooly blisful martir for to seke"; theirs is to bring the sacred relic home.

First, the brief history explains how the steam engine was first invented by the ancient Greeks, purposed in the 17th century, further improved in the 18th century, and had the first safety standards implemented in the 20th century after the accidents of the 19th century.

For what purposes did the ancient culture use this system?

Few monastic orders the Benedictines and the Carmelites are notable exceptions still attempt to preserve the ancient character and purposes of monasticism in Roman Catholicism.

For these purposes, ancient kingdoms or republics still looked to tradition and command, utilizing slavery as a basic source of labour (including captives taken in war) and viewing with disdain the profit orientation of market life.

Last week I wrote a column about what theologian Walter Wink called "the myth of redemptive violence" -- the ancient and all-purpose justification for war, conquest and exploitation that permeates our belief system at both the macro and micro levels.

In ancient Mesopotamia its main purpose appears to have been the enhancement of what was seen as beneficial.

It was found that the glaze contained as a colouring agent manganese, which never was used for this purpose in ancient times.

Still, there is plenty of excitement in analyzing artifacts like a jar handle, a clay jug and a bangle, and figuring out the purpose behind ancient pieces like a Greek helmet and a bull-shaped vessel.