Sentence examples for rational character from inspiring English sources

Some theoreticians have gone even further, denying war any rational character whatsoever.

Despite its predominantly rational character in modern times, however, language does develop expressions that extend into the area of the symbolical.

Yet: "It remains a mystery how such a rational character could develop the naïve faith that was a prerequisite for belonging to Hitler's inner circle".

A rational character, "he had to be driven to that by some very, very strong emotional forces," Mr. Shore said, adding: "That's probably the biggest message in the series: think about things a little longer because our knee-jerk reactions are going to fool us every time".

Modern literature is full of references to the dehumanizing side of measurement, as exemplified by the character Thomas Gradgrind in Dickens's "Hard Times," a dry rational character who is "ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you exactly what it comes to," yet loses track of his own life.

Cohen accounts for the evolution of productive forces by appealing to the rational character of human beings: when an opportunity presents itself to adopt a more productive technology that will diminish the burden of labour, human beings will tend to take it.

These unreliable narrators – the wonderful Saga in the Danish series The Bridge is another – have the knack of finding out the truth that more rational characters cannot discover.

Denote by (mathrm{Hom}^*_{mathbf{Q }}(G,mathbf{ R})) the set of non-zero rational characters on (G), and by (S_{mathbf{Q }}(G)) its image in (S(G)); then (S_{mathbf{ Q}}(G)) is a dense subset of (S(G)) [146, Lemma B3.3].

Fans of the show will recall that the character Oscar Martinez was known for being one of the few level-headed, rational characters on the show, which made for hilarious interactions with the quirky co-workers and downright inappropriate boss.

"A rational anarchist," a character burdened with the name Professor Bernard De La Paz tells us, "believes that concepts such as 'state' and 'society' and 'government' have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals.

His employment of the notion of coherence is best seen as reflecting his commitment to the fundamentally rational and holistic character of the mind.