These devices engage you intellectually, distracting your conscious attention from the other, deeper plane on which "Metamorphoses" operates.
Intellectually curious and socially conscious, she is always a little surprised when men find her attractive.
In the aftermath, no one has been able to explain the violent actions of the shy 28-year-old teacher who grew up in small-town Indiana, attended a prep school where his father taught and was part of a large, loving, intellectually curious and socially conscious family.
If this all sounds far too clever, exquisitely self-conscious and intellectually pretentious, it is saved by Eve's startling, imaginative and allegorical writing, which sparkles and surprises and never settles for the predictable.
Quentin Davies is intellectually smart - and self-conscious about it: a rather lethal combination that counts against career success in party politics.
And self-conscious moderates can be intellectually bankrupt.
Even if it occasionally lapses into self-conscious theatricality, it is intellectually vigorous, visually exciting and boasts a glowing performance from Anne-Marie Duff.
The young women really get an opportunity to be in a female environment and to develop intellectually, personally and academically, without always being conscious of being the woman in the room.
From the beginning, Ashe, who was among the most educated and intellectually curious athletes of his time, seemed conscious of his singular role and of the responsibilities that came with it.
We all know that we have emotional feelings that are projected into conscious awareness that we can intellectually deal with according to how we perceive the needs of circumstance.
