Sentences with phrase «more allusions»

More allusions to time travel, quantum mechanics, relativity and that sort of thing, perhaps?

Thimbleweed Park continues to pile on more allusions to shows such as True Detective and novels by Stephen King.

The superficial developments are an excuse to make more allusions to contemporary tastes.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

Not exact matches

Linguistic differences from 1 Peter, its apparent use of Jude, allusions to 2nd - century gnosticism, and more — does any of this so far sound like political correctness?

Paying «careful attention to rhythm and sound,» Professor Fox «tries to mimic the particular rhetoric of the Hebrew whenever possible, preserving such devices as repetition, allusion, alliteration, and wordplay»» all essential to an accurate understanding of the text and well - nigh impossible to capture in a more fluent English rendering.

But beyond a vague allusion to «getting things right on broader matters of culture,» he offers not a clue about what that something more might be, by what means we might know it, or how it would cure the defects he sees in natural rights reasoning.

Politicians know this, and behind their «ritualistic allusions» to liberty, peace, and democracy they operate on the assumption that voters demand of them no more than an ever expanding economic abundance to satisfy their narrow and self «absorbed pursuit of personal freedom.

It may be that kerygmatic allusions to Jesus» humility, meekness, gentleness, love, forgiveness and obedience derive from historical memory of Jesus; but the «historical value» which such material may have is far from its kerygmatic meaning, which is more accurately stated by Bultmann, in language actually intended to state the significance of the pre-existence in the karygma: «That Jesus, the historical person, did this service for us, and that he did it not out of personal sympathy and loveableness, but rather by God acting in him, in that God established his love for us through Jesus dying for us sinners (Rom.

This apocryphal gospel is mentioned in patristic allusions, and has been more or less identified with a late and purely fanciful infancy narrative known for some time.

The author deliberately kept himself out of his gospel except for this brief allusion; his function was to witness to something far more significant than himself.

It has rarely been remarked that the very title of Whitehead's major work contains a more or less explicit reference to that of F. H. Bradley's: Bradley's Appearance and Reality: A Metaphysical Essay (1893) becomes Whitehead's Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929).1 Such an obvious and prominently placed allusion is perhaps already enough...

But the allusion also taps into a more searching myth that has fascinated humans almost from the beginning.

The full story of this intellectual quest is not preserved; we are dependent in considerable part on casual allusions, but fortunately also we possess some more formal discussions of the problem.

It is even more true if the allusion is to Yahweh's antagonistic warfare against Yahweh's own people, which is now coming to its end: Yahweh is announcing peace at last.

[39] Regarding chronology, Timothy Barnes, in Tertullian, op cit., points out that this treatise, which comes from the period before Tertullian became a Montanist, does not yield more precise information when the criteria regarding historical allusions, references to other works, doctrinal progression and style, are applied.

But many more times than this Matthew makes allusions to various passages in the Old Testament as he tells his story.

More probably the fact of their residence in Nazareth came first, and the allusion to prophecy was a result of the general search for prophecies supporting the Messiahship of Jesus.

It has rarely been remarked that the very title of Whitehead's major work contains a more or less explicit reference to that of F. H. Bradley's: Bradley's Appearance and Reality: A Metaphysical Essay (1893) becomes Whitehead's Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929).1 Such an obvious and prominently placed allusion is perhaps already enough to suggest that in some important sense Whitehead's thought can be seen as a critical reworking of Bradley's.

Or the false detection of allusions to Thomas More and the Mass in Sonnet 23.

Adams has a dense, elliptical style that demands close attention (his friends no doubt caught his allusions more readily than we do, one hundred years later), and he writes of himself in the third person, which is a little distracting.

Although the epistle is filled with allusions to the Spirit, the writer does not know, or at any rate does not highly esteem, the more ecstatic gifts by which Paul set great store.

Notes: The official scorer would like to recognize and applaud the appearance of three prostitutes (albeit clothed), the High Sparrow's allusion to a wild orgy he threw, Osha's attempt to seduce Ramsay (for more on Osha, see Violence), and Daario's loving kiss to his naked lady dagger.

They mentioned players more often by allusion than by name («that shortstop you got»), and weighed and discarded whole careers in seconds.

Or is it more of a pseudo-religious mindset (which I guess is what Dr. Amy's cult allusions get it) that's driving it?

Speaking in concrete terms is useful, since metaphors and allusions may be lost on children with autism who think more concretely.

You shouldn't feel the need to justify your interest with allusions to the more pressing concerns in our society.

His donations are under scrutiny now as he faces criticism for writing in a since - deleted Facebook post that Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins has done more to harm people of color than anyone who has worn a hood — an allusion to the Ku Klux Klan.

Pursuing was more controversial, Mr Reid admitted, but in an allusion to the recent Forest Gate raid in which no evidence of terrorist activity was found, he insisted the threat of suicide bombers meant the security services had to act on any leads quickly.

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio had on Tuesday made a biblical allusion, while declaring that there were «more Judases than disciples» in the Nigerian Governors»...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio had on Tuesday made a biblical allusion, while declaring that there were «more Judases than disciples» in the Nigerian Governors» Forum (NGF).

While Rockstar San Diego may find some difficulty in filling its open expanses with interesting and emergent play, it does imbue it with a stark beauty and compelling narrative that makes Redemption more than just an allusion to cinema, but a piece of work that can confidently stand next to it.

From the start, though, it's clear that director Mark Waters is far too keen on a more realistic approach, and yes, that was just an allusion to someone employing a method of realism to a movie about a guy who inherits six penguins.

It's an ensemble drama — more precisely, a series of linked monologues with point of view passed from character to character on a journey that begins with an allusion to a coming birth and ends under the pall of a tragic death.

Working through an enormous canon of cinematic influences in a far more satisfying way than Carax's glib offering (Gomes» titular allusion to Murnau is no coincidence), Melbourne's resplendent Forum Theatre proved a fittingly grand venue for Gomes» expansive vision: this film is a joy to watch.

Most of the romance and humor stops as the film reaches its more serious climax (becoming a Silence of the Lambs homage with John Wayne Gacy allusions), with Ronnie poking around in the Turner residence in order to scratch up some evidence, while Kale's mother, who has befriended the intense bachelor, also heads inside, while Kale can only watch in despair.

There are more oblique similarities between the pictures: both, for instance, feature comic Mexicans, running gags about their over-the-hill sleuths possibly losing their penises, and passing allusions to their former wives.

Christopher Nolan's Inception is intricate and has a more original plot (if you count regurgitated philosophy and obvious allusions toother films as «original» [oh yes, I went there,]-RRB- but it lacked character development and the dialogue was far too expositive.

Far more amusing are the unexpected allusions, which add a weird texture to Wade's personality and the movie.

This second goal is used as a springboard to leap into some half - baked armchair philosophizing and allusions to 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Tree of Life, but with a lot more guns.

In addition to its regressive politics, the explicit allusions to director Josef von Sternberg's iconic 1930 «The Blue Angel,» starring Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings, make this retread look even more unimaginative.

A 2009 article in The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias categorizes Velvet Goldmine as part of «the new cult canon,» saying that Haynes» «effort to access [Bowie] indirectly, through allusion and representation, pays more dividends than a straightforward biopic ever could.»

But in Life Is Strange, some of my favorite moments are the literary allusions because they make the world feel richer and more authentic.

Certainly, some of the more annoying factors of the film, the constant modern allusions to the original work, would mean nothing to those viewers.

The movie also makes an allusion to more recent teensploits, such as The Hangover (2009) which featured a convicted sex offender molesting a missing infant.

The Player is a film that is very film literate, and although it can be enjoyed as a straightforward tale of murder and cover - up, the more you know about the various allusions to Hollywood films of yesteryear and the mechanics of the moviemaking process today, the more rewards you will reap from Altman's complex presentation.

Obviously, this is an allusion to Rick's profession, a notable somebody in the world's largest manufacturer of celluloid dreams, all more or less tied to a sprawling city known for its proliferation of psychics and mediums as both tourist attractions or acceptable lifestyle conditions.

Even more problematic is that Marvel's tendency toward overblown, apocalyptic finales is in full effect, with a final act comprised of mass death and destruction and very few allusions to character development.

Probably one of the more eagerly awaited sequels in recent memory, Avengers: Age Of Ultron crafted by Marvel Studios / Disney and directed by Joss Whedon, makes a decent entry into the second - film - of - the - franchise market, but does not supersede the original in acting, writing or humor (so one can forget the «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Superman II» and «The Dark Knight» allusions).

Though Wright is known for his elegant ruminations on nostalgia and the mysterious passing of time, this volume, with its plethora of seasonal allusions and insistent referencing of times and images past, has an even more elegiac cast than his earlier work.