Sentences with phrase «inspired by philosophers»

Inspired by some philosophers of ethics, I consider the rejection of climate science to be at least morally negligent and sometimes actively immoral.

When he started his studies, he was inspired by philosophers and scholars.

Not exact matches

As the contemporary Thomist John Haldane points out, «Philosophers inspired by Aquinas have had little to say about aesthetics.»

(A) While it is evident that Hegel was greatly inspired by Aristotle, perhaps more so than by any other philosopher, it is equally evident that he believed Aristotle's philosophy to be in need of reform in the light of intervening developments.

One thinks of William Temple, who in more ways than one deserved the phrase humorously applied to him in early days, «not one, but all mankind in effigy,» 46 Those who think of him first of all as philosopher, Christian socialist, ecumenical statesman, or evangelist should remember that it was the priesthood of the Church of England to which his life was primarily devoted, and by its traditions that he was inspired.

What struck Barbour most was Einstein's comment that his intuitive leap about space and time had been inspired by Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach, whose study of the speed of sound in fluids helped explain the sonic boom heard when objects break the sound barrier.

I recently came across this story in The Art of Happiness, inspired by the Dalai Lama: Once there was a disciple of a Greek philosopher who was...

(This is not the first time that Denis has created a fiction narrative by working from a philosopher's work — her 2006 L'Intrus was inspired by an essay by Jean - Luc Nancy.)

«Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet — Produced by Salma Hayek and directed by Roger Allers («The Lion King»), «Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet» tells tales inspired by the Lebanese philosopher - poet's timeless book.

Featuring never - before - seen Coltrane family home movies, footage of John Coltrane and band in the studio — discovered in a California garage during production of this film — along with hundreds of never - before - seen photographs and rare television appearances from around the world, Coltrane's story is told by the musicians that worked with him including Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Reggie Workman, musicians that have been inspired by his fearless artistry and creative vision like Common, John Densmore, Wynton Marsalis, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, Kamasi Washington, along with Coltrane's children and biographers, in addition to well - known admirers such as President Bill Clinton and philosopher Dr. Cornel West.

OReilly was partly inspired by the late British philosopher Alan Watts, who in the 1950s and»60s popularized Eastern ideas of universal connectedness.

Also inspired by American 19th Century philosopher and naturalist, Henry David Thoreau, his landscape paintings seek truth in the remotest of spaces as with Walden Pond.

Two brand new portraits currently being completed for the exhibition are inspired by the complex and troubled relationship between poet Paul Celan, a Holocaust survivor, and Martin Heidegger, one of the most influential 20th century philosophers.

Inspired by the intellectual legacy of French philosopher activist Michel Foucault, his photographs bear witness to fringe architectural spaces and the marginalized populations who reside in them.

I love the conceit of Poem 88's summer series Correspondences, a series of short exhibitions inspired by the Swedish scientist, theologian, and philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (1668 - 1772).

What / Why: «Walden, revisited features works by contemporary artists inspired by Walden — the pond; the book published in 1854 by natural history philosopher, social critic, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau; and the connection and disconnection between the two.

Inspired by the anarchist philosopher Pierre - Joseph Proudhon and the anti-colonial thinking of Frantz Fanon, Attia is concerned with strategies of «reappropriation'through which non-Western cultures can be reclaimed from colonisation.

Daskalopoulos» collecting practices are inspired in part by the writings of the Greek philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis, who envisioned life as the «luminous interval» bridging the twin abysses of birth and death.

The project is inspired by the ideas of real - life philosophers and artists such as William Blake and Joseph Beuys.

Civitas Solis IV is inspired by the 17th century novel City of the Sun, written by the socialist philosopher Tommaso Campanella, which visualizes a city formed of concentric walls housing an egalitarian community.

Among an ever expanding (and as Karen Barad might say, «entangled») list, I am inspired by the complex and contradictory city I live in (the city of Chicago) and the incredible community of hard working, sincere, talented artists who I am surround by and have the privilege of working alongside and in collaboration with every day (too many and to diverse to name individually here) / / by mentors A. Laurie Palmer and Claire Pentecost and Anne Wilson and Ben Nicholson / / by Simon Starling and Andrea Zittel and Mark Dion and Sarah Sze and Phoebe Wasburn and Mierele Laderman Ukeles and Joseph Beuys and Eva Hesse and Hans Haacke and Robert Smithson / / by writers and philosophers Karen Barad and Jane Bennett and Rebecca Solnit and Italo Calvino and Steward Brand and the contributors to The Whole Earth Catalog (of which my father gave me his copies) and Ken Issacs and Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson and William Cronon and Bruno Latour and Deluze and Guttari and Jack Burnham / / by ideas of radical intimacy and transformation and ephemerality and experimentation and growth and agency and mobility and nomadicism and balance and maintenance and survival and change and subjectivity and hylozoism and living structures / / by mycelium and soil and terracotta and honey and mead and wild yeast and beeswax and fat and felt and salt and sulfur and bismuth and meteorites and microbes and algae and oil and carbon and tar and water and lightening and electricity and oak and maple / / by exploration and navigation and «the Age of Wonder» and the Mir Space Station and the Deep Tunnel Project / / by Lake Michigan and the Chicago River and waterways and canals and oceans and puddles... to name a few.

It was the writings of Spanish novelist Javier Marías, one of Redonda's more recent sovereigns, and Marías's own eclectic choice of courtiers (including film director Pedro Almodóvar and English novelist AS Byatt) that inspired Chambers with his imaginary court of 101 different ethnicities, cultural affiliations (carefully indicated by clothing and hairstyles) and professions - not just poets, philosophers, artists and writers, but also patients, pharmacists, harlots and «bums».

Walden, revisited features works by contemporary artists inspired by Walden — the pond; the book published in 1854 by natural history philosopher, social critic, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau; and the connection and disconnection between the two.

The concept for the show was inspired by The Phenomenology of the Spirit, a philosophy book published by German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel in 1807.

The body of work exhibited represents visually, if abstractly, the relationship and commonality of land, animal and self, inspired by eco-feminism and the concept of string figures explored by the philosopher Donna Haraway.

Chillida considers his relentless search for the unknown in art to be an adventure in learning, and his sculptural study of temporal and spatial relationships continues to inspire books and essays by leading philosophers.

It featured large - scale sculptures, miniature models, and drawings inspired by great thinkers and philosophers that influenced the artist.

With a title inspired by the psychedelic track produced by the groundbreaking musical legends Pink Floyd, (featured on the album, «The Piper at the Gates of Dawn «1967), and with content driven by Zodiac and Chinese astrological calenders, Hippocrate's four temperaments, and artists such as Bruce Nauman and Piero Fornasetti; this exhibition inherently commemorates and examines the great explorers, philosophers, creators and thinkers through time, and even more specifically, through the lens of one of history's most infamous maritime disasters.

Throughout Art Inspiring Change, eighty children and four artists — all chosen by the children — have been working alongside a philosopher and Turner Contemporary «navigators» in four Margate primary schools; the youngest are just five years old.

This line of research was inspired in part by philosopher and information theorist Max Bense and also by conversations with composer Pierre Barbaud, who was developing a theory of computer - generated music.

Inspired by the writings of Chinese philosopher and Taoist sage Chuang Tzu, Cruzvillegas pays close attention to the nature of the discarded objects and materials he collects.

Inspired by a diverse array of visual artists, actors, musicians, writers, activists, and philosophers, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Joseph Beuys, Joseph Cornell, Parliament Funkadelic and Sun Ra, Johnson engages with questions of personal, racial, and cultural identity through his work, producing an amalgamation of historical and material references grounded in art and African - American history.

This time her research was inspired by the theories of South Korean philosopher Byung - Chul Han, who referred to his country as a «fatigue society in terminal stage», and is focused on the specific atmosphere of Seoul between «excitement» and «exhaustion».

Inspired by the teachings of the ancient Taoist philosopher Laozi, by the modern artist Brancusi, and the legacy of formative life experiences with his family in Germany and India, Laib creates sculptures that seem to connect that past and present, the ephemeral and the eternal.

In 2015 their exhibition «Aéroport Mille Plateaux» turned the PLATEAU Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul into an airport inspired by the ideas of philosopher Gilles Deleuze.

Later we attended a dinner hosted by Royal Salute whiskey in the soon - to - be-renovated Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, where chef Uwe Opocensky prepared food according to Ray Kurzweil's «immortality diet,» set on specially made white - and - gold porcelain flatware inspired by John Dee, occult philosopher and adviser to Queen Elizabeth.

Lewis, inspired by the teachings of philosopher and founder of the New Negro Movement, Alain Locke, became interested in African and African - American art.

Inspired by Allan Ramsay's portrait of Hume, some the philosopher's living relatives, many of whom now live in the USA become representations of the Scottish diaspora, their portraits a reflection on the global dissemination and influence of Hume's philosophies.»

Reading French philosopher Simone Weil's 1947 book Gravity and Grace inspired Anatsui to explore the concepts of what he calls «the material and the spiritual, of heaven and earth, of the physical and the ethereal» by using a limited, contrasting color palette, as typified in this work, among his largest.