Sentence examples for tough philosophy from inspiring English sources

Intellectually, he makes great play of all the communication issues that Enoch must overcome to look after his way station; for instance, there's some tough philosophy about the human drive to violence and plenty of fun conceits like the threat that mankind will be "dumbed down" by the Galactic Council.

Though they agree an emergency shelter is better than nothing, they say his tough-love philosophy is too tough.

Ever since Socrates' wife was painted as a jealous shrew by one of his pupils, women have had it tough in philosophy.

SACRAMENTO — A landmark law that has been a symbol of California's tough environmental philosophy for more than 40 years is facing an unlikely challenge from Democrats, including Gov. Jerry Brown, who contend that regulations protecting the environment have been abused and are thwarting legitimate development.

She applies a tough-love philosophy in her mentoring.

How can we forget Yale Law School professor Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which extolled the virtues of her Chinese mom tough-love philosophy?

But after nearly two weeks of an unfolding scandal that has set Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation reeling — revelations of reporters hacking the phones of murder and terrorism victims, their families and even British law enforcement and government — such tough-minded philosophies appear to have faded into the distance.

In Colorado Springs, a deeply conservative town that is home to the Air Force Academy and Fort Carson, a sprawling Army base, the last two weeks presented a tough contest between philosophy and tactics, between national priorities and local realities.

Atheists may believe that there's no God, no purpose and no point to life, but it's pretty tough living that philosophy out in the day-to-day trenches.

After running against Trudeau's proposed plan to legalize marijuana and with a "tough on crime" philosophy, Harper had no problem trying to scrape a few votes out of his association with a crack-smoking drunk driver who was never arrested.

But more often, they carve out an exception to their tough-on-crime philosophy, just for themselves.