Sentence examples for derive from ancient from inspiring English sources
The ancient philosophers who are generally classified as Neoplatonists called themselves simple "Platonists," as did the philosophers of the Renaissance and the 17th century whose ideas derive from ancient Neoplatonism.
The conventional wisdom is that fossil fuels typically derive from ancient plants or organisms.
Just as other elements of the composition, such as the weighing of the souls, derive from ancient Egyptian art, so parts of this monster's gruesome DNA (including his fierce face and frontal aspect) belong to an iconographical tradition stretching back to representations of Bes.
Even the parade of "bowl games" that surround the first day of the year derive from ancient contests representing the heroic struggle between darkness and light at the time of the shortest days and longest nights.
Conflicting with these ideas, in 1998 Liddell personally informed Hutton that the witch-cult did not derive from ancient pre-Christian religion but that it instead had been founded in fifteenth-century France, emerging from a union between Christian heretics, cunning lodges, and a cult of Lucifer founded by Islamic Moors with the intent of undermining Christianity.
This result suggests that they may derive from ancient duplications.
The new year celebration derives from ancient Celtic tradition.
"Corroboree" derives from ancient Aboriginal song and dance ceremonies.
The word, derived from ancient Greek, means to speak freely or boldly.
The word "pornography" is derived from Ancient Greek and means "writing about whores".
The makeup the members wear on stage is derived from ancient Taiwanese art forms and fables.
