Sentences with phrase «in aristocratic society»

«In this aristocratic society, the king - priest was clearly very important,» says Christopher Webber, the author of The Thracians: 700 B.C. — A.D. 46, who has studied the findings.

John Calvin (1509 - 1564) was of humble ancestry but was reared in aristocratic society and had the manners of that class.

In the aristocratic society, labor is for slaves, not for free men.

In aristocratic societies ordinary people tend to be thought of as unrefined and as needing manners only when they enter into relationships with «high - class» people.

Thus, modern inventions have reinforced the democratization of society by obliterating the duality of manual labor and intellectual labor and by making it possible — even necessary for the sake of efficiency — for everyone to engage in the kinds of work reserved in aristocratic societies for gentlemen.

In aristocratic societies the gentleman is defined as a person of high social position, one born into the «right» family.

In aristocratic societies it is only the elite who are allowed to be true individuals, and this privilege they make good by their esthetic pursuits, while the common people remain in collective anonymity.

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In worship, art, architecture, literature, communal life, language, beliefs, moral values, models of a virtuous life, views of the past, the persistence of an aristocratic culture» in all of these aspects of life, a profound and far - reaching transformation of the society was underway, and the book would have benefited from greater attention to at least some of theIn worship, art, architecture, literature, communal life, language, beliefs, moral values, models of a virtuous life, views of the past, the persistence of an aristocratic culture» in all of these aspects of life, a profound and far - reaching transformation of the society was underway, and the book would have benefited from greater attention to at least some of thein all of these aspects of life, a profound and far - reaching transformation of the society was underway, and the book would have benefited from greater attention to at least some of them.

From a democratic standpoint, manners and education in manners are likely to appear suspect because of their usual association with aristocratic societies.

To speak in my standard Tocquevillian key, in aristocratic times, the talk of Society was the medium in which the fame of someone like Franklin existed, in democratic times, the media become the medium.

In democratic society it values every individual and maintains academic freedom; in genuinely aristocratic society it seeks to cherish and nurture the excellent persons and to maintain their leadershiIn democratic society it values every individual and maintains academic freedom; in genuinely aristocratic society it seeks to cherish and nurture the excellent persons and to maintain their leadershiin genuinely aristocratic society it seeks to cherish and nurture the excellent persons and to maintain their leadership.

Is there nothing more here than an appeal for an aristocratic spirit of service to society in a bourgeois liberal world?

This was very different in Greek society, which was thoroughly aristocratic.

Where historians ever since 1789 have sought the causes of the French Revolution in the philosophy of the Enlightenment or in the rise of the bourgeoisie against feudal - aristocratic society and monarchy, Van Kley believes the time is right for a renewed look at the more remote but more profound influence of the struggle between rival Christian notions of the good society.

In America it was a little different though because the aristocratic society tended to be the slave owners in the south and they also tended to be anti monarchy but pro federal government, pro standing army, and pro collecting taxes from stateIn America it was a little different though because the aristocratic society tended to be the slave owners in the south and they also tended to be anti monarchy but pro federal government, pro standing army, and pro collecting taxes from statein the south and they also tended to be anti monarchy but pro federal government, pro standing army, and pro collecting taxes from states.

Risking not only her aristocratic reputation in society but access to her beloved, 8 - year - old son, Anna impetuously embarks on a dangerous affair, resulting in her pregnancy.

Dispatched in 1906 by the aristocratic Royal Geographical Society, Fawcett's mission is to map the dangerous, uncharted realms of eastern Bolivia, where it borders with Brazil.

The murder in question doesn't occur until a bit more than an hour into the film, and up to that point, Altman and screenwriter Julian Fellowes manage to establish efficient characterization for almost thirty equally important roles — important not in terms of plotting, but in terms of maintaining a fascinating perspective on early 20th century aristocratic society.

For those of you writing in the High Victorian era (i.e. late Victorian era, from 1870's - on), read this book to learn how to drop details about society, class restraints, and aristocratic assumptions without taking away from the story.

The game gives you a birdseye view (sorry) of the decadence and struggle at both ends of society in a formerly aristocratic France, albeit with the characters taking the form of members of the animal kingdom.

Set in 18th Century New Orleans, the game presents a little - known period of American history through the eyes of a woman caught between two worlds - the aristocratic French society of her father, and the African heritage of her mother.