Sentence examples for the ideas of progress from inspiring English sources

He was one of the major Revolutionary formulators of the ideas of progress, or the indefinite perfectibility of humankind.

Built for the anniversary, the Pavilion of Happiness, a temporary building made with recyclable materials like drink cartons, will show films and exhibitions exploring the ideas of progress, universalism and happiness.

At the same time, a rather more sober exploration by Somers was on display in Hornu, Belgium, at Grand Hornu Images, as part of the exhibition "In Progress," which asks 10 design firms to rethink the idea of progress.

In the rich world the idea of progress has become impoverished.

The idea of progress, of moreness, had the force of an ethic.

Flipped around by the century that followed, historicism produced the idea of progress.

But in 2011 the idea of progress comes less easily than it did in 2000.

We have more at stake in reviving the idea of progress.

The subtlety of the distinction between the "idea of progress" and the "culture of improvement" is easily lost.

Might "truth" be a better gauge of what we're trying to do than the idea of progress?

As we talked the idea of progress became increasingly complicated, ambiguous in value, simultaneously positive and negative.