For the past two decades, the editor and agent John Brockman has promoted the notion of a "third culture" to describe scientists — notably evolutionary biologists, psychologists and neuroscientists — who are "rendering visible the deeper meanings in our lives" and superseding literary artists in their ability to "shape the thoughts of their generation".
Companies, politicians and marketers invest a great amount of time and money to identify these social media influencers so they can try to shape the thoughts of their followers.
This means shaping the thoughts and ideas of others instead of dictating their plans, having a sought-after perspective but not being a required pass-through, and seeing your own priorities come to life through the inspired actions of others.
The conflict between Socrates and Athenian democracy shaped the thought of 20th-century political philosophers such as Leo Strauss, Hannah Arendt, and Karl Popper.
Georgius Agricola's 1546 book De Ortu et Causis Subterraneorum (On the Source and Causes of What is Underground) was the first European work since antiquity to focus on hydrology and helped to shape the thought of Nicolaus Steno, Pierre Perrault, A.G. Werner, and other important figures in the history of hydrology and geology.
The last great figure in the line of classical Sufism is Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī (died 1111), who wrote, among numerous other works, the Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn ("The Revival of the Religious Sciences"), a comprehensive work that established moderate mysticism against the growing theosophical trends which tended to equate God and the world and thus shaped the thought of millions of Muslims.
The copying and translation of this ancient book-the greatest discovery of the greatest book-hunter of his age-fueled the Renaissance, inspiring artists such as Botticelli and thinkers such as Giordano Bruno; shaped the thought of Galileo and Freud, Darwin and Einstein; and had a revolutionary influence on writers such as Montaigne and Shakespeare and even Thomas Jefferson".
Throughout his career, Johnson helped shape the thought of his era not only through his publications, but also through his support of innovative writers and thinkers.
It is a belief central to Vilsoni Hereniko's feature film, The Land Has Eyes, shaping the thoughts and actions of Viki, a Rotuman schoolgirl (played by newcomer Sapeta Taito), its main character and the film's centrifugal force.
In this provocative study of how the idea of property shaped the political thought of the Framers and the institutions they designed, she argues that James Madison's constitutional philosophy was driven by fear that a future propertyless majority would seek to expropriate the holdings of a minority.
To maintain GSAPP's reputation as one of the most vital and prestigious hubs shaping the future of architectural thought alongside the practices of the built environment, the school must enhance its current facilities to create more sustainable, technologically advanced, and collaborative learning environments.
