Sentence examples for philosophical exercises from inspiring English sources

It is noteworthy, also, that these philosophical exercises were the means of coping, as Burke hoped, with practical changes.

If the Sophist and Statesman are philosophical exercises, there may be a good reason why the final dialogue of the trilogy, the Philosopher, is missing.

The philosophical exercise of subjective idealism says it exists.

An essay on separateness and connectedness may sound like an abstract philosophical exercise.

Instead, consider this as a philosophical exercise in helping our society to function smoothly.

The veil of ignorance is a philosophical exercise for thinking about justice and society.

So defining engagement more clearly isn't just a philosophical exercise.

The objectivity of the camera lens was an entirely new perspective for me, rather like the philosophical exercise of learning another language.

If we're honest, there's an emotional toll to the idea of being our own publicists: how was my latest release really perceived?" The concept of a fourth-dimensional human was in its heyday between 1890 and 1910, variously explored as time manipulation, literary fantasy and a philosophical exercise in the boundaries of the human condition.

But for whatever reason, I've also taken it upon myself to make it a deeper philosophical exercise, as if we can look at those tragedies of the world and find meaning in them, or at least explore our need for meaning.

The book that came out of Mr. Koren's Austrian sojourn, "The Flower Shop," published in 2005, was, in its own quiet way, stunning: it laid out the days and nights of the store cinematically and analytically — a documentary mixed into a philosophical exercise.