Sentences with phrase «genteel world»

Not only did Hume's racism affect his argument, as it was those outside of his white, genteel world who made miracle claims, it left a lasting legacy, as Keener notes that it was explicitly adopted by none other than Kant.

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Third World peoples may be in a position today to teach us not only the rugged lessons of prophecy, but also the genteel and humane insights of wisdom.
And here the genteel, syllable - heavy olde world dialogue is written to dovetail with the customarily meticulous production design and Robert Yeoman's snowglobe framing.
The art world is in a genteel panic — reliable work isn't selling, galleries are moving and closing, Andrea Rosen has said she'll no longer represent living...
For the notoriously private artist, this exhibit seems to have presented another opportunity for subversion: Is there a better way to address the hard realties of racism and wag a finger at the institutionalized art world than to present his work in a genteel mansion converted into a gallery between Madison and Park avenues?
A genteel titan who did more than anyone to shape the art world as we know it today, Castelli was born in 1907 in Trieste with the Jewish given name of Leo Krausz and took his time finding his way to fame — he was nearly 50 years old when he opened the Castelli Gallery on East 77th Street in 1957.
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