These ways of doing philosophy do not mean that medieval philosophers were incapable of originality, only that their original thought comes out of an acknowledged connection with what went before and sometimes.
A distinction is sometimes made between convergent thinking (the analytic reasoning measured by intelligence tests) and divergent thinking (exemplified by a richness of ideas and originality of thought).
"Well, it would require a boldness and an originality of thought that I hope is there – but may not be.
By creating such paintings, artists demonstrated their knowledge and originality of thought, qualities that raised painting to the elevated status of a liberal art.
This is a noble aim but I'm not sure the current regime of exams is delivering the originality of thought that we all want.
Archimedes' mathematical proofs and presentation exhibit great boldness and originality of thought on the one hand and extreme rigour on the other, meeting the highest standards of contemporary geometry.
As a poet Traherne possessed originality of thought and intensity of feeling, particularly in his mystical evocations of the joy and innocence of childhood, but he lacked discipline in his use of metre and rhyme.
While Kanner seemed to see autism as an unmitigated disaster, Asperger felt that it might have certain positive or compensating features — a "particular originality of thought and experience, which may well lead to exceptional achievements in later life".
While Kanner seemed to see autism as an unmitigated disaster, Asperger felt that it might have certain positive or compensating features a "particular originality of thought and experience, which may well lead to exceptional achievements in later life".
Predictably, Charles Thomson of the Stuckists had already written it off, saying: "The work is not of sufficient quality in terms of accomplishment, innovation or originality of thought to warrant exhibition in a national museum".
