Sentence examples for intellectual defense from inspiring English sources

There's no intellectual defense for early Verdi.

The response to the external challenge of rival religions and philosophical perspectives is termed apologetics—i.e., the intellectual defense of the faith.

Some of those candidates, like Mr. Ryan, can probably offer a richer intellectual defense of conservatism, or can claim to have been better vetted.

The most important intellectual defense of these views has been made by Lawrence Lessig, a fellow of the Berkman Center and professor at Harvard Law School.

But often a thought is an emotion and an emotion is a thought; thinking, like humor, may be an intellectual defense against emotion, but it is a wonderfully advanced defense.

In more than 40 books he wrote or edited, Dr. Henry laid out an intellectual defense both for a literal understanding of Scripture and for the imperative of spreading the faith.

But because living religions always feel the need of apologetics (systematic intellectual defenses), normative classifications continue to exist.

"The Noise of Time" shatters the normal protocols of concertgoing and compels the audience to experience this discomforting music without intellectual defenses for protection.

What I would call a skillful penetration of my intellectual defenses and a straight-up manipulation of my emotions, Navy brass would call a successful PSYOP.

Print projects like Tidal, and there are many others, offer solidarity and intellectual self defense against corporate efforts to achieve cultural control.

As Chomsky puts it near the beginning of Necessary Illusions, "citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self-defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control".