Sentence examples for first intellectuals from inspiring English sources

In the fictional role of Sherlock Holmes, Benedict Cumberbatch would be one of the first intellectuals an equally fictional government would turn to for advice on tackling terrorism.

He cuts a fascinating figure here: thanks to the brilliant Gaia Hypothesis (whereby the Earth is seen as a self-regulating system, akin to a living organism), he was one of the first intellectuals to embrace what we now know as green thinking, yet he calmly makes the kind of arguments that send many environmentalists over the edge.

Dr. Littell (pronounced lih-TELL), the author of more than two dozen scholarly books and a thousand articles, was among the first intellectuals to delve into the question of how baptized Christians in the heart of Christian Europe could have either killed or ignored the killing of six million Jews.

Paul Virilio was among the first intellectuals to sense this shift, describing it in terms of the change of the urban condition, from a planned system to a deregulated one (Tschumi 1989).

First, intellectuals rarely make good politicians.

He was among the first intellectuals in Serbia who raised complaints about the status of Serbs within Yugoslavia, particularly in the ethnic Albanian-dominated province of Kosovo.

First, intellectual stagnation.

First, intellectual property law provides incentives for investment and innovation.

A lot of kids have their first intellectual experience learning about dinosaurs.

Of course, he is hardly the first intellectual to come under boxing's spell.

It is fitting that he should pay tribute to the great Glanville, the first intellectual to write about English football.