Sentence examples for knowledge of mankind from inspiring English sources

But the search to find "a key to the knowledge of mankind" continued.

To buy Dr. Faustus's eternal damnation cost the Tempter the essential knowledge of mankind.

Taking into account what above said, it can be surely stated that coins are particular and important findings during archaeological investigations as source of documentation, understanding and knowledge of mankind evolution.

He had much knowledge of mankind, was quick in counsel, prudent in words, and very eloquent and very generous.

As Lord Chief Justice he saw the Court of King's Bench flourish, with competent Justices and his own abilities; "[Abbott] had more knowledge of mankind than any of [the Justices], and was more skilful as a moderator in forensic disputation".

Yes, what is more pathetic than having an education and contributing to the knowledge of mankind, when you can be a "special effects make-up person" with a billion tattoos and the emotional maturity of a bad-tempered one-year-old?

The tragic turn of world events during the first few centuries of the Christian Era wrought havoc to the accumulated knowledge and progress of mankind.

"Yet it lifted off of the face of the Earth and soared into the heavens to fetch new knowledge for mankind".

The poetic "I" of Leaves of Grass transcends time and space, binding the past with the present and intuiting the future, illustrating Whitman's belief that poetry is a form of knowledge, the supreme wisdom of mankind.

I suspect that the reason formal logic and rhetoric aren't highlighted when critical thinking is brought up as our most vital 21st Century Skill is that these two subjects formed the basis of formal education from the ancient Greeks until the Enlightenment, after which they got crowded out by all the new areas of knowledge mankind was generating.

This new ship here is fitted according to the reported increase of knowledge among mankind.