Sentence examples for our conceit from inspiring English sources
Human beings of course are animals, but are we just very, very sophisticated animals or does being human mean something beyond biology, and if it seems to, is that something only our illusion, our conceit?
One of our conceits has been to imagine ourselves as neutral, objective, and value-free.
The biblical definition of love is about obedience to the commandments of Christ (2 John 6), not our conceits, and rejoices not in iniquity but in the truth (1 Corinthians 13:6).
Only when we understand and acknowledge our past and shed our imperial conceit will we be ready to play a constructive role in challenging and correcting current abuses and working to create a better future.
This consciousness of subordination involves a painful, humbling feeling insofar as our self-love (our efforts to satisfy our desires and pursue our ends) is constrained and our self-conceit (our attempts to esteem ourselves independently of moral considerations) is struck down by the moral law's claim to supreme authority.
In our pious conceit we equate the homespun myths of our tribe with the austere truths of the cosmos, whereas they are but illusory shadows that dance on the wall of our cultural cave.
"That was our existential conceit: you are Zidane".
As those familiar with my novels know (especially Ulverton and Hodd), I've always believed in the modernity of the past, from which our temporal conceit blinkers us.
Yet it only takes a passing police siren or an adjacent nightclub tipping empties into a recycling bin to bring our precious pasteboard conceit crashing down around our ears.
We hold up our novels like vanity mirrors, hoping to reflect our own dreams, conceits, and liberal aspirations.
JM: Yes, that is the conceit of our time.
