Sentence examples for greatest conceivable from inspiring English sources

Or Mikhail Gorbachev – or a Marlon Brando run to seed, who presented King with the greatest conceivable test of an interviewer's aplomb by planting a big, fat kiss on his lips, during a show in 1994.

The greatest conceivable being, he thinks, cannot be evil in any sense whatsoever.

Surely, though, it is absurd to suppose that the greatest conceivable island actually exists in reality.

For if he lacked any of these qualities, he would be less than the greatest conceivable being, which is impossible.

We understand what that expression means, so (following Anselm's reasoning) the greatest conceivable island exists in our understanding.

But (again following Anselm's reasoning) that island must exist in reality as well; for if it did not, we could imagine a greater island namely, one that existed in reality and the greatest conceivable island would not be the greatest conceivable island after all.

"It always reminds me of the story that Confucius once called his followers together and asked them what was the greatest impossibility conceivable?

12. Sidgwick (1874, 485) ("A universal refusal to propagate the human species would be the greatest of conceivable crimes from a Utilitarian point of view.

These attitudes seem fully appropriate only if their object is maximally great so perfect and splendid that nothing greater is conceivable.

The risks are much greater than any conceivable reward, and after a handful of plays against the Houston Texans in the first quarter, Giants Coach Jim Fassel will quickly take Collins and some of the other starters off the field.

In many ways, the threat of nuclear war perpetrated by world governments is greater than any conceivable terrorist plot.