Sentences with phrase «such narrowness»

In order to avoid such narrowness and naivet ~, the biblical prophets, unlike their obsequious establishment rivals, did not turn toward the future with rosy - eyed optimism.

«There is nothing in economic theory that requires» such narrowness (EC 5 - 5), but having captured their imagination this abstraction now leads all economists to discount «the effect of one person's welfare on that of others through bonds of sympathy..., and the physical effects of one person's production and consumption activities on others through bonds of bio-physical community» (EC 5 - 3).

the way of silence, is intended to repair such narrowness.

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But it is shameful when lack of imagination, failure of insight, and narrowness of mind produce such a parody of what might well be the most glorious of human occasions of meeting: the worship of God the «altogether lovely» (as an old phrase has it) and the altogether loving One.

We eventually learn that Lester works as a high school substitute teacher — it's characteristic of the chummy, upscale narrowness of Baumbach's world that details such as what people do for a living usually aren't accorded much importance.

With such rich details and elegant finishes, the narrowness of this beautiful bedroom becomes an afterthought.