Sentence examples for we were ignorant of from inspiring English sources

This was supposed to be why we were ignorant of them: we couldn't face them, so we repressed them.

Mr Rawls argued that the correct way to arrive at fair principles of justice was to ask what sort of rules we would all agree to if none of us knew what our lot in life was to be if we were ignorant of both the social role we would occupy and what sort of intrinsic capabilites and burdens we would bear.

And yet, we were ignorant of the immense toll the war took on him.

For early career scientists, ignorance--and knowing what areas we are ignorant of--also provides compelling professional opportunities.

The ignorance hypothesis—"the hypothesis that we are ignorant of a type of experience-relevant nonexperiential truth" (6)—forms the centerpiece of his epistemic view.

In Donald Rumsfeld's immortal words, we live in an age of "unknown unknowns": of ignorances that we don't even know we're ignorant of.

In your eyes, we are ignorant of history and devoid of ideals.

So said Nietzsche, and Freud agreed: we are ignorant of ourselves.

Anticipating this criticism, Paley responded that "apparent blemishes…ought to be referred to some cause, though we be ignorant of it".

£45, sciencemuseumshop.co.uk Digital cameras and smartphones have fuelled new forms of photography - but too often we are ignorant of what goes on "under the hood".

"We are ignorant of the meaning of the dragon as we are ignorant of the meaning of the universe," Borges writes in his preface, "but there is something in the dragon's image that appeals to the human imagination … It is … a necessary monster".