Sentence examples for traditions of learning from inspiring English sources

Islamic theology (kalām) and philosophy (falsafah) are two traditions of learning developed by Muslim thinkers who were engaged, on the one hand, in the rational clarification and defense of the principles of the Islamic religion (mutakallimūn) and, on the other, in the pursuit of the ancient (Greek and Hellenistic, or Greco-Roman) sciences (falāsifah).

Śāntarakṣita was one of the most influential figures in the early dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet, founding the first Buddhist monastery at Samye, serving as its first abbot, ordaining the first seven Tibetan monks, and establishing a system of rigorous philosophical study based upon the traditions of learning at the great Indian Buddhist monastic universities such as Nalanda and Vikramaśīla.

Chief among the upshots of this is that what Kumārila and other Mīmāṃsakas took to be the basis for the distinctive epistemic status of the Vedas namely, their being transcendently "impersonal" (apauruṣeya)—was effectively claimed, as well, for whole traditions of learning ostensibly relatable to the Vedas.

The tradition of learning French still looks like a good bet here.

And children can be taught "proper" subjects based on the Judeo-Christian tradition of learning, rather than politically correct flimflam.

This method emphasized the preservation and transmission of the irreplaceable Greek tradition of learning and culture of which the Byzantines claimed to be the divinely chosen custodians.

From the monastic foundations laid by Benedict came a tradition of learning and artistic achievement that influenced the whole of northwestern Europe.

That's certainly the case at Pace University, where there's a long tradition of learning by doing, from the law school to the communications program.

To quote Rashid again, the Taliban debased the Deobandi tradition of learning and reform, "excepting no concept of doubt except as sin and considering debate as little more than heresy".

Since her death, and in a secular analogue to the Jewish tradition of learning Talmud and other sacred texts in memory of a friend or loved one, several O.T.D.ers have decided to learn to code in Mayer's honor.

These judges are not in the least like the sharks and alligators that Daumier drew, being sober embodiments of the French tradition of learning and civilized living, but Daumier has made so many exciting patterns out of these white jabots and black gowns that at the sight of them the grateful memory involves his work.