Word: rigorousity
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Though James excelled in the hunt for values, he was less successful at attaining coherency. This failure caused him considerable anguish. It was primarily a personal trait against which he struggled and not a necessary consequence of his philosophic doctrine. One the contrary, James felt that the formal doctrine--over...
Perhaps Whatmough is able to carry off the performance so beautifully because he is English; the English, after all, are a nation of eccentrics. Whatmough, himself is a Lancashire man, from the north country where his own name is sometimes pronounced "Whatmuff." (Whatmough can be most engaging on the subject...
Despite the fact that they are members of the "world's most exclusive club," the freshmen members are, not surprisingly, tremendously diverse. The club had nothing to do with their selection. Most of them have passed through a rigorous Darwinian selection of one election after another, but the number of...
Oxford is not ashamed to profess amateurism, which is rigorous in its emphasis on independence and clarity of thought. The belief is that once a man has, through study of the basic work in a given discipline, achieved a clear idea of what his capabilities are, he is ready for...
As Traffic Director, Rudolph has been granted broad powers to create new traffic regulations and to institute fines. In this way, more farsighted members of the City Council hoped that Rudolph could remove the traffic problem from Cambridge politics. But other members of the Council see only the inverse relationship...