Sentence examples for driving the preoccupation from inspiring English sources
Nussbaum once wrote, citing Nietzsche, that "when a philosopher harps very insistently on a theme, that shows us that there is a danger that something else is about to 'play the master' ": something personal is driving the preoccupation.
The lame driving the blind.
"You're driving the wrong car.
As far as I'm concerned, it has been my only driving preoccupation for the last two years.
I recalled this conversation while reading "Only Yesterday," in part because the question of what constitutes native ground is a driving preoccupation of this epic about the Jewish settlement of Palestine in the early years of the 20th century.
German engineers, who focus squarely on the driving experience, couldn't understand the Americans' preoccupation with beverages.
The preoccupation with squalor.
But the preoccupation now is internal.
Instead the preoccupation here is with tone and atmosphere, with the band continuing to explore the tension between Chino Moreno's soulful croon and opaque, koan-like lyrics, and Steven Carpenter's pile-driving guitar work.
