Sentence examples for received authority from inspiring English sources

His readiness to discard received authority, even that of Classical authors such as Aristotle and Pliny, is impressive.

In 48 he received authority over temple affairs in Jerusalem.

Last evening the Greek delegates to the Peace Conference received authority from their Government to sign.

He said he had not asked for or received authority to open the safe.

This was most true of conservatives who justified the received authority of church, prince, law or nature.

Last month the Treasury received authority from Congress to provide the government-backed mortgage giants with new financing in the form of loans or equity if needed.

Others have received authorities' approval by convincing them of their readiness through persistent petition.

Convictions, he argues, are supported by invoking "received authorities, sacred texts, exemplary achievements and generally accepted benchmarks".

His message was of intellectual emancipation from received authorities — be they religious, political or societal — and always in the interest of the common good.

Recalling one of her first feminist articles, Rowbotham observes in her 2000 memoir, Promise of a Dream, "I knew I must not write from received authorities but from my own observations and feelings.

The acute and sometimes dramatic questioning of received authorities is a key element in Zilsel's depiction of the birth of modern science.