Sentences with phrase «irrationality became»

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A politics of reason gave way to a politics of emotion and flirted with the politics of irrationality; the claims of moral reason were displaced by moralism; the notion that all men and women were called to live lives of responsibility was displaced by the notion that some people were, by reason of birth, victims; patriotism became suspect, to be replaced by a vague internationalism; democratic persuasion was displaced by judicial activism.

If to sophisticated thought the irrationality of bloody altars as a means of divine placation and fellowship became troublesome, the use of symbolism could come to the aid of the devout worshiper, as it has done in every other developing religion, Christianity not least of all.

They [atheists] become as dogs, goats, swine and wolves in their irrationality.

Thus the Hegelian proposition turns into its opposite through Hegelian dialectics itself: All that is real in the sphere of human history becomes irrational in the process of time, is therefore irrational by its very destination, is tainted beforehand with irrationality; and everything which is rational in the minds of men is destined to become real, no matter how much it contradicts existing apparent reality.

As they become aware of the irrationality of their situation, they can discover their possibilities and assume their historical role.

When it comes to ignorance and irrationality, I find it quite hilarious to see how triggered you become when one mocks your conspiracy theory level propaganda.

Because that is such a big deal, I tend to focus on the macro side of these matters — what it means to become aware of our own irrationality and thereby to take the risk out of stock investing.

After being a prisoner of war and losing a leg as a soldier with the Foreign Legion (between 1939 and 1945), Hartung returned to Paris, where he became particularly interested in spontaneity, irrationality, and freedom of form.

Each change in Stella's style appears to react logically and seamlessly to preceding formal structures (parallel lines becoming parallel arcs, for example), yet in each shift there is also a kind of built - in irrationality, like the irregular, alternating weave of the arc of the protractor.

Sadly it has become politicized and rationality has given way to irrationality.

It's meta - irrationality when you can no longer tell if the arguer is actually taking a real stance or is simply trying to prank the argument, either by becoming increasingly preposterous or silly.

«[T] he institution of irrationality controls much of the intellectual life of the society,» Quigley concludes, and once this instrument of irrationality is created, the chances of it being reformed into an instrument of expansion once again «become almost nil.»