Sentence examples for rational genius from inspiring English sources
Despite all her claims of Spock-like rational genius, you are frequently reminded that this is a book written by a damaged person.
However, scholars have argued that, despite its faults, the novel's representation of an energetic, unconventional, opinionated, rational, female genius (the first of its kind in English literature) within a new kind of romance is an important development in the history of the novel because it helped shape an emerging feminist discourse.
Is this a rational way to harness our genius for science and spend tens of billions of pounds?
The rest, however, just fills in the gaps in a routine way, with routine characters: Poe's imperiled inamorata; her angry, ferociously whiskered papa (Brendan Gleeson); and a pensive policeman (Luke Evans), the rational counterpart to Poe's visionary genius.
"When analysed simply on the basis of historical fact, [Hitler] is not only the greatest political genius since Napoleon but also the most rational," he once said.
Inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau's idea that geniuses are self-taught, Wollstonecraft chose a rational, self-taught heroine, Mary, as the central character of her novel.
Though intuitive, he admits he does not readily grasp the arbitrary rules of creative genius, but is prepared, nonetheless, to wage a quiet, rational war with them until there is a peace.
And in insisting on showcasing certain aspects of Murdoch's business genius, like his extraordinary tolerance for the ambivalence of non-rational players - and "a keen eye for their weaknesses" - Wolff pays insufficient attention to Murdoch's good fortune.
