Sentence examples for intellectual beacon from inspiring English sources

Jean Bethke Elshtain, a philosopher of politics and religion whose erudite writings on good and evil, war and peace, and the moral imperative of American global military engagement made her an intellectual beacon for neoconservative policy makers in the post-9/11 era, died on Sunday in Nashville.

Purists huffed, critics sharpened their pens and even Jilly Cooper, that peerless beacon of intellectual rigour, weighed into the debate.

Under Father Reese, America was a beacon of intellectual honesty and journalistic integrity for educated Catholics, who are mature enough to deal with differences of opinion on controversial issues.

He did not use his intelligence and achievements to attack the beacon of intellectual freedom, democracy and equality in the Middle East.

However, until colleagues accept that they are not self-employed, the corrosive and unhelpful attitude to colleagues who are prepared to step up and try to meet the challenges of management will persist and undermine our ability to sustain universities as beacons of intellectual endeavour.

He took over the Journal's editorial page in 2001 and has helped build it into a beacon for the intellectual right.

The New Age drift of his life style and philosophy — he lived with two female companions and claimed to have emanated from the star Sirius — eroded his intellectual reputation, while the minimalists replaced him as beacons for youth.

Mrs. Clinton portrayed her mother as a caring beacon of strength in the family, offering intellectual stimulation and teaching her children to be calm and resolute.