Sentence examples for work of civilization from inspiring English sources

A "work of civilization," in the words of one American associated with the project, it was Ford's attempt to export the small-town virtues that his own assembly lines were breaking down in the United States.

As explained above, Irigaray envisions a sexuate culture that would overcome the Oedipal demands of a sacrificial economy and restore feminine genealogies to the work of civilization.

Mr. Kahle said that early effort to assemble the collected works of civilization was in his mind when he conceived the idea to use the almost infinite capacity of the Web to pursue the modern equivalent.

The setting for this meditation on the great works of Western civilization was not Oxford or Harvard or the University of Chicago.

Students who do not have a chance to study the greatest works of Western civilization in a disciplined way are deprived of their inheritance.

"Conservatives used to be in favor of holding students to high standards and an academic curriculum based on great works of Western civilization and the American republic," two education scholars, Kathleen Porter-Magee and Sol Stern, wrote in National Review Online.

The site, which took four years to put together and is being run by UNESCO, has some of the great works of human civilization.

The Collegiate Seminar is the foundation of the college's core curriculum and consists of four courses that explore the major works of Western civilization.

(And don't forget the exceptions that may prove the rule, two great works of Western Civilization that just happened to have been created by committees the U.S. Constitution and the King James Bible).

It is known for its distinctive curriculum in which students read and discuss great works of western civilization, including our nation's founding documents.

VICCHIO, Italy — When the Renaissance started around here on Giotto's palette, back around 1300, olives had been oiling the works of Mediterranean civilizations for millennia.