Erasmus preferred to live the life of an independent scholar and made a conscious effort to avoid any actions or formal ties that might inhibit his freedom of intellect and literary expression.

Gifted with a precocious intellect, Georg early threw himself into the pursuit of the " new learning ", with such effect that at the age of 20, he was appointed Rector extraordinarius of Greek at the so-called Great School of Zwickau, and made his appearance as a writer on philology.

Ibn Rushd also made some studies regarding Active intellect and Passive intellect, both of the following were formerly regarded subjects of Psychology.

Meanwhile, Trevize is made to decide between three alternatives for the future of the human race: the First Foundation's mastery of the physical world and its traditional political organization ( i. e., empire ), the Second Foundation's mentalics ( and probable rule by mind control ), or Gaia's absorption of the entire Galaxy into one shared, harmonious intellect.

Jack made use of a valuable contact he had made at Harvard, the muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens, who appreciated Reed's skills and intellect at an early date.

Holdheim went to Prague and subsequently to Berlin to study philosophy and the humanities ; and his keen intellect, combined with his eagerness to learn, made it possible for him to reach his goal in an incredibly short time, though the lack of preliminary systematic preparation left its imprint upon his mind, to a certain degree, to the last.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said Dr FitzGerald was ; a truly remarkable man who made a truly remarkable contribution to Ireland and that ; his towering intellect and enthusiasm for life will be missed by everybody.

The influence of Edmond de Pressensé, a pastor and large-minded theologian, and of Madame de Pressensé, a woman of superior intellect and refined feeling, who devoted her life to educational works and charity, made a great impression on him.

The collection's title is The Philokalia of the Niptic Fathers, or more fully The Philokalia of the Neptic Saints gathered from our Holy Theophoric Father, through which, by means of the philosophy of ascetic practice and contemplation, the intellect is purified, illumined, and made perfect.

His intellect and popularity made many national Liberals, as well as local ones, seek to persuade him to stand for parliament.

The personality of the artist was also supposed to be less subject to Will than most: such a person was a Schopenhauerian genius, a person whose exceptional predominance of intellect over Will made them relatively aloof from earthly cares and concerns.

Whether we look into his plays or his most passionate love-poems, we shall find all frozen and made rigid with intellect.

His circle of friends included the architect of the Duomo, Filippo Brunelleschi, and the philosopher Marsilio Ficino ; he knew Leon Battista Alberti, mathematician, writer and architect ; and his closest friend was Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, himself a wide-ranging intellect and early humanist, who dedicated two short mathematical works, both written in 1445, to Toscanelli, and made himself and Toscanelli the interlocutors in a dialogue entitled ‘ On Squaring the Circle ( De quadratura circuli ) written in 1458.

This combined intelligence made the Parasite even more menacing, given Freeman's superior intellect.

" Until the intellect is placed by the community where it belongs ; and made subordinate to the sensibility and the will, we shall find that mere sharpness, shrewdness, intellectual power, and success through these, will be placed above those higher qualities in which character consists, and success through them.

His sharp intellect, dedication to adding value through innovation, global insight, and passion to succeed made him one of Canada's great entrepreneurs ”.

: Only those who practice structural analysis are made aware by their daily work of what they are actually trying to do: that is, to reunite perspectives which the narrow scientific outlook of the last centuries has for too long believed to be mutually exclusive: sensibility and intellect, quality and quantity, the concrete and the geometrical, or as we say today, the " etic " and the " emic.

He nearly commits suicide, but at the last minute he comes up with a means of reversing the original operation and restoring his original intellect, even requesting that he be made " a bit stupider than before ".

Therefore, the combination of Burns ’ superior conditioning, intellect, and advanced skill made him a nearly unbeatable wrestling opponent.

It was at Cambridge that he first met Queen Elizabeth, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to calling him " the young Lord Keeper ".

Himmler's organised, bookish intellect served him well as he began setting up different SS departments.

In Prometheus Unbound ( 1820 ), a four-act lyrical drama, Percy Bysshe Shelley rewrites the lost play of Aeschylus so that Prometheus does not submit to Zeus ( under the Latin name Jupiter ), but instead supplants him in a triumph of the human heart and intellect over tyrannical religion.

Although from a humble background, his obvious intellect and outstanding abilities saw him promoted up through the ecclesiastical hierarchy.

Münter told him that he was trapped in his intellect and not reaching the true subject of the picture.

The organist of the monastery, Padre Polcano, was struck by the boy's intellect, and voluntarily instructed him in the elements of music and also in the ancient and modern literature of his country.

Breaking with tradition and many thinkers after him, Descartes explicitly did not divide the incorporeal soul into parts, such as reason and intellect, describing them as one indivisible incorporeal entity.

Seeing that Imani is too subservient and offers nothing for his intellect, Akeem concocts a plan to travel to the United States to find an independent-minded wife he can both love and respect and who accepts him for himself, not his status.

Vincent Canby of The New York Times described the play as " Tom Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and, new for him, emotion " but many New York reviews were mixed or unfavourable, citing anachronisms and a lack of realism in Stoppard's conception.

He has full respect for Holmes's intellect and says that it has been an intellectual treat to grapple with him but is also completely willing to kill Holmes should he oppose him any further, showing a ruthless side.

In giving Moriarty this trait, which had already appeared in both Sherlock Holmes and the detective's brother Mycroft, Doyle may have intended to portray Moriarty as a man having an intellect equal or greater than that of Holmes, and thus the only man capable of defeating him.

::" I wanted to learn about Christ – about the Old Testament, which had been his Bible, and the New Testament, which was the Bible about him ; about the history of the church, which had been founded on the faith that through him God had not only revealed his innermost nature and his purpose for the world, but had released into the world a fierce power to draw people into that nature and adapt them to that purpose …. No intellectual pursuit had ever aroused in me such intense curiosity, and much more than my intellect was involved, much more than my curiosity aroused.

Even without actual physical, mystical, superhuman or superalien powers, the supervillain often possesses a genius intellect that allows him to draft complex schemes or create fantastic devices.

Yet another interpretation of the ten-headed Ravana describe him to be a complete man with nine of his heads representing nine emotions that a man may possess ( viz. anger, pride, jealousy, happiness, sadness, fear, selfishness, passion, ambition ) and one representing the intellect.

Thus spoke Brahma to him “ O Angirasa, you are my third “ manasa putra ” ( the one born out of divine intellect ).

Goodwin enjoys the company of Van Doren, who invites him to social gatherings, and doubts a man of Van Doren's background and intellect would be involved in the hoax.

Holberg believed in people's inner divine light of reason, and to him it was important that the first goal of education was to teach students to use their senses and intellect, instead of uselessly memorising school books.

His marriage ( Burgos, before 17 September 1177 ) with Eleanor ( Leonora ), daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, brought him under the influence of the greatest governing intellect of his time.

Alexander, who is initially disgusted with his brother's inferior intellect, learns to love him before he sets out to conquer the world.

His thoughtful writing, distinctive voice and probing intellect all combined to make him one of our national treasures.

May my intellect assume the form of Bhakti in Srinivasa, the highest Reality, revealed in the Vedanta as the Lord who creates, protects and destroys the whole universe with sportive ease and who has taken a vow to protects all creatures who seek him.

However, in his book, " Horace Mann's Troubling Legacy: The Education of Democratic Citizens ," Bob Pepperman Taylor argues that Mann's view of civic education marginalized the role of schools in training the intellect, and links him to anti-intellectualism in American education.