Sentence examples for mere sense from inspiring English sources

In the 19th century the word became associated chiefly with the Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807; Phenomenology of Mind), by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who traced the development of the human spirit from mere sense experience to "absolute knowledge".

But at the same time he always wanted a cadence and a harmony of sounding syllables in his prose, so that it would appeal not only to the reader's intelligence but also to his subconscious mind in the same way as music does and thus have a more penetrating effect than the mere sense of the words at their face value.

In the 19th century the word became associated chiefly with the Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807; Phenomenology of Mind), by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who traced the development of the human spirit from mere sense experience to "absolute knowledge". The so-called phenomenological movement did not get under way, however, until early in the 20th century.

According to Aquinas, freedom comes in simply because the will is intellectual appetite rather than mere sense appetite.

Further, experience is fuller and more textured than the mere sense data that comes across our skin; the body is not a passive receptor but intentional, engaged, and interpretive of any given situation, including the subtle body language of others.

They believed that religion and reason could be in harmony with one another based on a mystical understanding of reason believing that reason rose beyond mere sense perception but was "the candle of the Lord" and an echo of the divine residing within the human soul.

In the case of Russia, a millennial review makes more than mere numerical sense.

His decisions, which he described as mere common sense, provoked a year of intellectual and institutional squabbling.

This framing seeks to depoliticise the reform agenda as mere common sense – and yet there are huge issues at play.

It is mere common sense that what succeeds in Union Square and throughout lower Manhattan is a respect for context.

And indeed they sound like mere common sense.So sensible indeed that it might be questioned whether in reality the "new behaviourism" is in any way new.