Its methodological error lies in the fact that it over-estimates the epistemological value of our logical operations… But philosophy has no immediate influence on the great majority of mankind; it interests only a small number even of the thin upper stratum of intellectuals, while all the rest find it beyond them.
Arabella had social ambition, but was never accepted by the upper stratum of American society.
Only the upper stratum of the nobility was enlisted in support of this movement.
They can in turn extrapolate information about the general circulation of the upper stratum of the ocean from a synoptic view of the surface pressure field.
Boyar, Russian Boyarin, plural Boyare, member of the upper stratum of medieval Russian society and state administration.
The people of Iran, particularly those in the upper stratum of society, borrowed nothing from Hellenism but its exterior forms.
Other aristocracies have been nonhereditary and recruited from different strata of the population, such as the upper stratum of the Roman Catholic church, the ruling aristocracy of elective republics and monarchies, the leaders of scientific and artistic organizations, and certain aristocracies of wealth.
IN the upper stratum of wealth, people are increasingly taking a global view, devoting considerable effort and money to help victims of poverty, war and natural disasters and work for causes like social justice, the environment and peace.
Larraín's family have long dwelled in the upper strata of Chilean politics.
Spix's Guans primarily feed on fruits in the upper strata of rainforest.
As it happens, e-mail aversion isn't so rare in the upper strata of the financial world.
