Search results for "Cynicism" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and the hubris of humanism led to the implicit cynicism and darkness of her thought, and the dysfunction of how her influence ultimately plays out. ...20 KB (2,901 words) - 07:26, 23 August 2023
- by wild leaps of imagination and a deep cynicism, tempered by humanism. In the foreword to Breakfast of Champions, Vonnegut wrote that as a child ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- Philosophical Guidance in an Age of Cynicism. 1998. ISBN 0060392401 * Schwartz, Jeffrey M., and Sharon Begley. The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity ...25 KB (3,597 words) - 16:09, 27 November 2022
- of the threat. A false warning might have led to cynicism about any later warnings but delaying a warning until an eruption began might lead to thousands ...24 KB (3,489 words) - 17:08, 10 November 2022
- the madness. They do this with a studied cynicism, primarily by being cruel ... with black comedy and a great deal of cynicism about humans and their foibles ...44 KB (6,977 words) - 03:11, 15 December 2022
- periods. Her first volume, for all its touches of cynicism, is marked by gracious naivety. "Sweet songs of love" there are aplenty, but they ...28 KB (3,939 words) - 20:33, 30 August 2023
- * Cynicism: Antisthenes, Diogenes of Sinope, Crates of Thebes (taught Zeno of Citium, founder of Stoicism) * Neo-Platonism: Ammonius Saccas, Porphyry ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- bleak dramas tinged with mistrust, cynicism, and a sense of the absurd, in settings that were frequently either real-life urban or budget-saving ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 19:47, 26 March 2024
- and Ecclesiastes, which expresses the cynicism of old age.See, for instance, Hirsh et al., "Solomon" in [http://www.jewishencyclopedia ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- along with a penchant for irony and cynicism in his humor, and these in combination had the gradual effect of undermining his base of support ...28 KB (4,358 words) - 00:39, 3 May 2023
- cares deeply for the characters facing rampant cynicism and world-weariness. His characters often faced living conditions that were harsh, wretched ...28 KB (4,089 words) - 10:04, 31 December 2022
- Vietnam, its failure brought a backlash of cynicism toward modernization programs that has persisted. Then-movie star Ronald Reagan had moved ...28 KB (4,146 words) - 03:01, 19 April 2023
- fashion, Rococo decorousness with a modern cynicism and puzzlement. This suite contains one of Debussy's most popular pieces, "Clair de Lune." ...26 KB (3,950 words) - 10:53, 19 December 2023
- and fending off social contact with abrasive cynicism. Fives fear incompetence or uselessness and want to be capable above all else. ...32 KB (4,685 words) - 14:39, 29 September 2023
- the Government—became one of suspicion and cynicism. An example of Raman’s source of disappointment with the Government is the idea that purchase ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 19:55, 24 November 2023
- would be called "satire," although cynicism and parody were common techniques. In retrospect, the Greek playwright Aristophanes is one of ...31 KB (4,584 words) - 15:56, 18 December 2022
- Ibarra's idealism to Simoun's cynicism. His defenders insist this ambivalence is trounced when Simoun is struck down in the sequel ...46 KB (7,054 words) - 22:16, 9 December 2023
- The Black Death led to cynicism toward religious officials who could not keep their promises of curing plague victims and banishing the disease ...48 KB (7,671 words) - 23:50, 11 January 2023
- however, he was to manifest his cynicism and abandon all orthodox Catholic practice. He resigned his bishopric on April 13, 1791. On June 29 ...51 KB (7,312 words) - 22:21, 4 December 2023
- imagery, fantasy, suspense, analysis, humor/cynicism, thinking aloud, and other means. In literary aesthetics, the study of "effect" ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
