Sentence examples for intellectual courage from inspiring English sources

There was a lot of emotional and intellectual courage abroad.

It takes intellectual courage to grasp the argument that it does.

"I doubt," Mr. Bollinger concluded, "that you will have the intellectual courage to answer these questions".

Whenever I delve again, I am surprised by De Beauvoir's elegance and intellectual courage.

He praised the intellectual courage of the Nazis — some of the "brightest thinkers" of our time.

His contemporaries and subsequent hagiographers lauded his self-denial, integrity, physical and intellectual courage, and -- Orwell's favorite quality -- "decency".

Kindness is almost always morally commendable, but imaginativeness (often said to be an intellectual virtue), courage (usually categorized as a personal virtue) and reliability (sometimes called a social virtue) may be shown on the sports field or by enemy soldiers as well as in contexts that render them morally commendable.

He praised Finkelstein for "all the sterling qualities for which he has become famous: erudition, originality, spark, meticulous attention to detail, intellectual integrity, courage, and formidable forensic skills".

Many of you know Michelle from her regular contributions here, as well as from her column at Slate, so you have some sense already of her intellectual depth, courage and ambition.

"You are basically told that you lack intellectual integrity, courage, character and honorability.... Rock Beyond Belief is an attempt to stick a fist up in the sky and say, 'We have our rights.'".

And we have to have the intellectual honesty and courage and humility to correct that.