8 sentences with 'ignorance'
Example sentences and phrases with the word ignorance and other words derived from it.
• « The great thinkers and artists of the Renaissance claimed to be moving away from the ignorance and darkness of the Middle Ages - which they also described as the "dark ages" - and back to the greatness of the Romans and Greeks. »
• « Also, despite problems of corruption and ignorance among the clergy, scholarship continued and even flourished within the church during the late Middle Ages. »
• « According to Calvin, free will is nothing more than an illusion born of human ignorance, since the destiny of a person's soul was determined before time itself began. »
• « While few Enlightenment thinkers were outright atheists, almost all of them decried many church practices and what they perceived as the ignorance and injustice behind church (especially Catholic) laws. »
• « Voltaire recognised the power of ignorance and outmoded traditions to govern human behaviour, and expressed considerable scepticism that society could be significantly improved. »
• « For a philosopher like David Hume, the average commoner (whether a peasant or a member of the poor urban classes) was so steeped in ignorance, superstition and credulity that he had to be controlled and ruled by his betters. »
• « Dr. Haastrup knows that the main cause of the girl's poor health is ignorance. She has been living on millet porridge, a staple food of the local people, which is rich in carbohydrates but poor in protein and vitamins. »
• « For example, some slaves lent themselves to their masters' racism by hiding their intelligence and feigning infantilism and ignorance. Thus, slaves could slow down the workday and sabotage the system in small ways by "accidentally" breaking tools, for example; the master, seeing his slaves as unsophisticated and childish, would believe that these incidents were accidents and not rebellions. »