Sentences with phrase «erudite point»

Now as to why Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed the essayist makes a very valid and erudite point.

He starts by promissing an opportunity to grasp the «complex underlying scientific issues», but never really discusses anything complex - I take this as an effort to flatter the WSJ readers on their grasp of these erudite points, bolstering their confidence when they take on the tree - huggers at the water cooler.

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As such, it hardly warrants rousting the philosopher Hubert Dreyfus to argue about acuity being discursively codified — and perhaps the point is even weakened by this erudite reference.

It is from this starting point where MacKay launches an erudite tour of assessing dysfunction in modern government bureaucracy, party polarization, and the growth of partisan media.

The most of Russian women are very smart and erudite and are not afraid to express their points of view.

At a certain point, however, Tris returns to Erudite HQ, where she is hooked to a «sim» machine that will test her mettle, and tousle her pixie coif.

But the screenplay by Bruce Wagner, whose novels («I'll Let You Go,» «Still Holding») explore the film industry's demimonde, is way too erudite to be easily dismissed (a key plot point involves surrealist poet Paul Eluard's «Liberté»).

Reading poetry, declares award - winning poet Hirsch in this passionate and erudite celebration, is a spiritual act not only because it engenders rapture but also because poetry is an art of deep moral significance, a point he proves with many soul - stirring examples of great poetry from Ovid to the present.

A case in point is «the enigmatic, fantastically erudite artist Raymond Pettibon,» as Peter Schjeldahl called him in a recent New Yorker review, whose work embraces a wide spectrum of American high and low culture, from the deviations of marginal youth to art history, literature, sports, religion, politics, and sexuality.

As a presenter, Trish is regarded as an engaging, personable, erudite and respectful speaker who is able to connect easily with her audiences and use every day examples and humour to illustrate her point and assist listeners» understanding of concepts and ideas.