7 sentences with 'imaginary'
Example sentences and phrases with the word imaginary and other words derived from it.
• « In Plato's 'The Republic' he wrote of an imaginary polis in which political leaders were raised from childhood to become 'philosopher-kings', combining practical knowledge with a deep understanding of intellectual concepts. »
• « Loyola's Spiritual Exercises were based on an imaginary re-enactment of the persecution and death of Christ which, when followed, led many new members of the Jesuits to experience an emotional and spiritual awakening. »
• « The Dialogue consisted of two imaginary interlocutors, one of whom presented the case for heliocentrism, the other for geocentrism. The supporter of heliocentrism wins all the arguments, and his debating partner, "Stupid" (Simplicius) becomes confused. »
• « Galileo was tried by the Inquisition in 1633, in part because his former patron, Pope Urban VIII, thought Galileo had been mocking him personally by naming the imaginary defender of the Ptolemaic view "Stupid". »
• « Sartre and Beauvoir called this "bad faith", the pretense that individual decisions are dictated by an imaginary higher power or higher calling. »
• « While acknowledging the problems with survey methodology, the fact remains that public opinion remains an abstract, imaginary homogenous and stable entity, present in discussions of public issues, both among politicians and in the media, and is often used as an argument of authority. »