Many have begun to argue that the originality and unity of his philosophical system merits him a place alongside such figures as Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz.

In his letters to Mersenne, Descartes consciously minimized the originality and depth of the work of his predecessors.

The lack of originality in his thinking shows itself in the fact that he never presented his thoughts in a system.

The Russian-American poet Joseph Brodsky one manifested that " The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even — if you will — eccentricity.

His genius lay in his strikingly original way of putting things rather than in the originality, per se, of his thinking.

" Mack elaborates further: " Part of his creativity and originality lies in his ' irregularity ,' in his capacity to remain outside conventional ways of thinking, a tendency which ... derives, at least in part, from his illegitimacy.

It is a revolutionary novel that provides a looking glass into the thoughts and beliefs of its author, who chose to give a literary voice to Latin America: " A Latin America which neither wants, nor has any reason, to be a pawn without a will of its own ; nor is it merely wishful thinking that its quest for independence and originality should become a Western aspiration.

Swami Desikan was conferred the title of Sarva Tantra Swatantra ( one with the capacity for independent thinking and originality in any field ), by Ranganayaki thaayar Herself, and Swamy was adorned with the title Vedantacharya by the Lord of Sri Rangam Sri Ranganatha, Himself.

Adams was therefore privately delighted with the emergence of the Mecklenburg Declaration, since it clearly undercut Jefferson's claim to originality and precedence.

In this sense, therefore, it includes all literary works — especially fiction, poetry, drama, or essays — valued for their aesthetic qualities and originality of style and tone.

Thomas is a regression from the technical originality and ingenuity of writers like Pierre Reverdy or Apollinaire.

One of the greatest Homerists of our time, Frederick M. Combellack, argues that when it is assumed The Iliad and The Odyssey are oral poems, the postulated single redactor called Homer cannot be either credited with or denied originality in choice of phrasing.

The label of formula fiction is used in literary criticism as a mild pejorative to imply lack of originality.

A genius is someone embodying exceptional intellectual ability, creativity, or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of unprecedented insight.

Maeshowe is a magnificent example of Neolithic craftsmanship and is, in the words of the distinguished archaeologist Stuart Piggott, " a superlative monument that by its originality of execution is lifted out of its class into a unique position.

One argument states that Plautus writes with originality and creativity — the other, that Plautus is a copycat of Greek New Comedy and that he makes no original contribution to playwriting.

The aspects of style and gameplay from Super Mario Kart that have been retained throughout the series have led Nintendo to face criticism for a lack of originality but the franchise is still considered to be a beloved household name by many, known for its familiar core gameplay.

He wrote on this problem: " The originality of the problem is due to the White King being placed in absolute safety, and yet coming out on a reckless career, with no immediate threat and in the face of innumerable checks ".

He has studied trolls and dragons at first hand and describes them with that fidelity that is worth oceans of glib " originality.

Gombrowicz is remembered by scholars and admirers as a writer and a man unwilling to sacrifice his imagination or his originality for any price, person, god, society, or doctrine.

This situation is complicated by the fact that many venture capitalists will refuse to sign an NDA before looking at a business plan, lest it put them in the untenable position of looking at two independently developed look-alike business plans, both claiming originality.

This work is very important in Kurdish history as it is the first acknowledgment of the originality of the Kurdish language on a scientific base.

It is a pioneer record, introducing a musician of great originality with a pace-setting band.

Despite its general debt to Beethoven and Wagner, the " Bruckner Symphony " is a unique conception, not only because of the individuality of its spirit and its materials, but even more because of the absolute originality of its formal processes.

The book is listed as one of 50 " timeless spiritual classics " in a book by Tom Butler-Bowdon, who noted that " it is easy now, 35 years on, to overlook the originality of the book's concept, and though some find it rather naïve, in fact it expresses timeless ideas about human potential.

Continuation Bond author Raymond Benson described Boucher's critique as " true to form " and " a tirade " as Boucher concluded his review by saying: " it is 80, 000 words long, with enough plot for 8, 000 and enough originality for 800.

Besides the prize for the fastest boat, an environmental prize is awarded to the crew that collects the most rubbish along the way, an originality prize is given to the most creative crew, and a drunkenness prize to the most inebriated crew.

:" I have continued the revolution I began in Il giuramento: varied forms, cabalettas banished, crescendos out, vocal lines simplified, fewer repeats, more originality in the cadances, proper regard paid to the drama, orchestration rich but not so as to swamp the voices, no long solos in the ensembles ( they only force the other parts to stand idle to the detriment of the action ), not much bass drum, and a lot less brass band ".

The contents of ' De motu ...' so excited Halley by their mathematical and physical originality and far-reaching implications for astronomical theory, that he immediately went to visit Newton again, in November 1684, to ask Newton to let the Royal Society have more of such work.

Vladimir Nabokov wrote about the " originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity " of creating chess problems and spent considerable time doing so.

The focus in this practice is to claim originality for commercial purposes, and so the author is motivated to avoid citing works that cast doubt on its originality.

It is incredible that Oken, had he adopted the idea from Goethe, or been aware of an anticipation by him, should have omitted to acknowledge the source — should not rather have eagerly embraced so appropriate an opportunity of doing graceful homage to the originality and genius of his patron.

In 1905, he wrote that Two Gentlemen " was Shakespeare's first essay at originality, at fashioning for himself the outlines of that romantic or tragicomic formula in which so many of his most characteristic dramas were afterwards to be cast.

After the symphony had been performed in Moscow, Heinrich Neuhaus called the work " deep, meaningful, gripping music, classical in the integrity of its conception, perfect in form and the mastery of orchestral writing — music striking for its novelty and originality, but at the same time somehow hauntingly familiar, so truly and sincerely does it recount human feelings.

* Biter: someone who attends sessions or watches battles in order to feed on others ' styles and originality so that they can mimic those moves later at another battle and pass them off as coming from their own inventiveness i. e. plagiarism.

The Flemings grafted Italian mannerisms on their own stock, and the cross turned out so unfortunately that for a century Flemish art lost all trace of originality.

Jonathan Foreman of the New York Post gave a negative review, saying that The Scorpion King " has none of the qualities — epic sweep, relative originality and heartfelt bloodthirstiness — that made Conan so trashily entertaining.

Neither race, so far as their immigrant representatives are concerned, possesses the originality and ingenuity which characterize the competent American and British mechanic.

But as House Calls did a few months ago, it starts out promising genuine wit and originality only to fall back on more familiar tactics after a half-hour or so.

Denys was comparatively uninterested in names and signatures and so was drawn to pieces based on his excellent eye for quality and a search for originality ( though not always condition ), rather than a keen search for a specific lacquerer or family of lacquerers.

After c. 1250 the art of the various regions developed characteristics in common, so that a certain unity as well as great originality is observable.

In United Kingdom intellectual property law, a derived work can demonstrate originality, and must do so if it is to respect copyright.

" Though not a composer of profound originality ... he had an unfailing sense of dramatic appropriateness and all the resources of a symphonic technique to give it expression and was thus able to achieve success in so many styles ".

But perhaps the greatest of my debts is having learnt that the originality of an opera need not involve the rejection of our tradition — which would be like blindly embracing the condition of an orphan — but rather the profound assimilation of it, so as to achieve the closest union between a text and its music.

Although Goscinny was not a science fiction fan, he wanted to promote innovation and originality in Pilote and so commissioned them to produce a strip.

Teachers can also set up the assignment analysis options so that students can review their originality reports before they make their final submission.

Some virtual learning environments can be configured to support Turnitin, so that student assignments can be automatically submitted for originality analysis.

The way it was made, it was a rip-off of so many films without a trace of originality running through it, When you see a film that has a scene that reminds you of your own film, you don ’ t know whether they are trying to emulate you or imitate you … In so many places, it was like Thalapathy, like Company, like Kaakha Kaakha and the last scene was straight out of The Departed.

He so impressed them with his ideas and originality that they set up a trust fund to help support him.