Sentences with phrase «esoteric points»

Heck, it's 2010 and people still buy cigarettes: is blinding them with some of the more esoteric points of high - school level math going to help them behave rationally?

But these are esoteric points of interest that will intrigue mostly those who've seen too many films in their life and actively seek out strange and opaque takes on familiar subject matter.

That seems possibly an esoteric point of law.

But hey what do I know I'm not a nun with Stockholm Syndrome so I am doubtlessly missing some esoteric point that totally escapes me unless I think of them as mental patients, which they sort of are...

The more concrete limbs of Patanjali's path have been leading up to this abstract, esoteric point.

Although it doesn't make any historical sense (but it does look good) and in an Apollonian versus Dionysian sense perhaps it makes an esoteric point, the curators chose to place Barnett Newman's sculptureBroken Obelisk (1967), in juxtaposition with Claude Monet's mural - sized Water Lilies (ca.1921 - 25) across from paintings by Willem de Kooning, Brice Marden, and Jasper Johns.

A rather esoteric point of discussion concerning «Bayesian priors» got a mainstream outing this week in the Economist.

Not exact matches

If you're listening to your workers (see the point above), you'll know what this entails, from various insurance packages to more esoteric items.

(p. 26) He points out that the Eucharist can never be a private event: «The Eucharist is a public devotion that has nothing esoteric or exclusive about it.

The term «fundamental» underscores the point that every facet of theology, however specialized or esoteric it may appear to be, is finally practical in its import.

At this point, the Federal Reserve has uploaded so much data that this latest batch even includes esoteric datasets like the number of -LSB-...]

This chapter is a little more esoteric than the other more descriptive chapters, but the book's stack of references points the reader in the general direction of simpler explanations of, for instance, the maths.

«The Forbidden Room» is weird, esoteric, and probably not the ideal entry point for curious moviegoers who have not yet experienced the glory of a Guy Maddin film for themselves — those people might be better served with a look at «The Saddest Music in the World.»

The density of its systems, the endless grinding, and the esoteric style have all contributed to me bouncing off every title Capcom has released to this point.

If a passion project like «Supermensch» seems difficult to reconcile with Mr. Myers's mainstream movies, the documentary is, in the eyes of its director, a perfect unfolding of artistic passions that more often point him in esoteric directions.

A brilliant theatre man, the very definition of a keen cultural philosopher (his book of essays Some Freaks is must - reading), Mamet as film auteur has grown increasingly esoteric to the point now that his exclusive playpens of linguistic masturbation are so alien and self - conscious that they begin instantly to function as satires of themselves.

According to this point of view, certification is necessary to ensure teacher quality, because teaching, like other professions (law, medicine, the sciences, and so forth), requires mastery of an esoteric body of substantive and pedagogical knowledge that can not be obtained without undergoing a rigorous training program.

And of course, most people are busy, and cramming more and more knowledge of increasingly esoteric loyalty programs into your head will eventually reach a point of diminishing returns.

Such an esoteric statement opens up to various interpretations and entry points; yet in the same vein, it offers the premise for the show.

There are references upon references, recurring character groups with peculiar visual identifiers, words and phrases repeated to the point of becoming esoteric slang expressions, visual motifs and logos appearing in one form only to morph into another — all swirling around in hypnotic loops, defying any attempt to identify a point of origin.

At the same time, the poses and attitudes of the subjects glance at other more esoteric reference points such Renaissance etchings of duelling positions and Natural History photography.

Biennial titles are often esoteric, and the moniker for this year's Biennale of Sydney, the 21st edition of the festival, is a case in point: «Superposition: Equilibrium & Engagement.»

Several works stand out: photographer Deana Lawson and painter Henry Taylor point to deep - seated racial tensions, Jordan Wolfson's virtual reality video underlines the numbing effect of real and virtual violence, Raul de Nieves bejewelled faux stained glass wall finds beauty in the esoteric and spiritual and Samara Golden's disorienting multi-storey installation illustrates the unnerving effect of insipid architecture and urban sprawl.

Rather than reply to any of the points raised in a credible way he dismisses everything that has been said by anyone since he last deigned to evade by saying it was all «esoteric and totally irrelevant».

you do not gain extra brownie points for the esoteric and obscure nature of your posts.

Nevertheless, as the authors of this book point out: «The government is keen to encourage the widespread use of periodical payments: What was once an esoteric compensatory mechanism is set to become a commonplace means of compensating the future pecuniary loss.»

The law of costs does throw up the most esoteric of points and, time after time, you will find your solutions here.