Sentences with phrase «classical times»

Their modes of thinking, considered in classical times to be the pinnacle of human achievement, are largely responsible for the shape that the Christian religion took.

Although uncertainties about the nature of these virtues have been raised since classical times, Gardner reveals that in an age defined by vast technological advancement and relativistic attitudes toward human nature, current trends are largely a product of postmodern...

By classical times heights were very slowly on the rise again, but modern Greeks and Turks have still not regained the average height of their distant ancestors.

During Classical times wealthy Greeks turned their nose up at lentils, deeming them a «poor man's food.»

Aries was not fully accepted as a constellation until classical times.

For Chuang Tzu, one of the early disciples of Taoism, there is an excellent introduction in Waley's Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China, and the writings of Chuang Tzu are found in Hughes's Chinese Philosophy in Classical Times and in a recent reissue of Chuang Tzu, Taoist Philosopher and Chinese Mystic, by Herbert A. Giles.

This is rather remarkable, seeing as how the Molossus was a prized breed of the Molossians in Epirus so popular that it had spread throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond by classical times.

Both the Analects and Mencius are translated by E. R. Hughes in Chinese Philosophy in Classical Times, an Everyman edition which has the advantage of including the writings of Taoism, of Mohism, and other writings Hughes found useful in his courses in Chinese thought, together with his introductory notes.

Since classical times, lavender has been one of the most popular perfumes in the Western world, and it continues to hold sway today in several beauty industries.

Although uncertainties about the nature of these virtues have been raised since classical times, Gardner reveals that in an age defined by vast technological advancement and relativistic attitudes toward human nature, current trends are largely a product of postmodern thought and digital media.

Thomas Houseago, whose work is amongst the best represented in the Saatchi show, is an LA - based artist whose monolithic figurative sculptures dwarf the viewer and freshly reinterpret sculptural practices which stretch right back to Classical times.

They show Nauman walking in the asymmetrical stance of contrapposto, familiar in sculpture since classical times, both toward the viewer and away, and in positive and negative and fragmented images.

To win over popular support, the Company turned to Hugo Grotius (1583 - 1645), then only twenty - one years old and too new to the practice of law to have been hired to handle the Santa Catarina litigation itself, but already renown throughout Europe for his prodigious erudition, his knowledge of the wisdom and practices of nations from biblical and classical times.