Sentence examples for disinterested learning from inspiring English sources

In battle, Alexander the Great was about as terrifying as a soldier can be, but he also knew the merits of conciliation and diplomacy and disinterested learning.

Wasn't this a tragic move, forcing political exigencies into disinterested learning, at literal gunpoint?

"If they seem disinterested, learn to stop speaking even if you have something amazing to share," San said.

Describing himself as a member of a "tribe" of nerdy English majors indulging in endless interpretations of Shakespeare's works, Ben Brantley can be forgiven for being disinterested in learning more about the personal identity of this towering poet and playwright — even if he had been a distinguished aristocrat ("By Shakespeare or not, the play is still the thing," Oct. 29).

When it comes to the inner (and outer) workings of their cars, Millennials don't know much, don't realize they may be misinformed, or are disinterested in learning.

Moreover, they tell all these stories, while continuing to present their "intrinsic merit" as institutions of disinterested scholarship and learning.

He argues that the lure of profits is transforming universities so that they are no longer independent, disinterested centers of learning that the public has long depended on.

"He was disinterested when he learned that his mentor was a 'never-Trumper,'" Mr. Donovan said at the debate.

The function of criticism, in his sense, is "a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, and thus to establish a current of fresh and true ideas".

He saw his role and the role of all useful criticism as similar to that of his important predecessor Matthew Arnold: the "disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world". To do this, Trilling brought a wide range of ideas and positions to bear on his subjects.

Instead, we need a disinterested opinion, one we provide by learning to stand apart from our own immediate concerns.