doctrinairism

This rich drama of the early philosopher who came to the attention of the city because he was a philosopher, presents all the questions of freedom of thought from all the angles, without any kind of doctrinairism, and hence provides us with a fresh view of the importance and also of the difficulties of such freedom.

THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Allan Bloom 2003

This rich drama of the early philosopher who came to the attention of the city because he was a philosopher, presents all the questions of freedom of thought from all the angles, without any kind of doctrinairism, and hence provides us with a fresh view of the importance and also of the difficulties of such freedom.

THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Allan Bloom 2003

In contrast to the hypocrisy, doctrinairism, and corruption that was becoming rampant among the Temple hierarchy (and that would soon incite him to open revolt), Jesus must have found the rituals nourishing.

Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990

Trotsky, still the commissar for war, rejected Frunze's argument, on the grounds that doctrine would degenerate into 'doctrinairism.'

How Tough Is the Red Army? Holloway, David 1983

Much has been said and written of the doctrinaire attitude which has characterized the Bolsheviki in the later phases of the struggle, but if by doctrinairism is meant subservience to preconceived theories and disregard of realities, it must be said that the statesmen of the bourgeoisie were as completely its victims as the

Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy John Spargo 1921

There was still some hope that the demonstration of the revolutionary masses in the streets might destroy the blind doctrinairism of the coalitionists and make them understand that they could retain their power only by breaking openly with the bourgeoisie.

From October to Brest-Litovsk Leon Davidovich Trotzky 1909

Tseretelli accused the Cadet leaders of practising a centralistic doctrinairism, of failing to understand the necessity for compromising with the Ukrainians, etc., etc.

From October to Brest-Litovsk Leon Davidovich Trotzky 1909

The total impression was pitiful in the extreme: the hopeless doctrinaire of the coalition government was hurling the charge of doctrinairism against the crafty capitalist politicians who seized upon the first suitable excuse for compelling their political clerks to repent of the decisive turn they had given to the course of events by the military advance of June 18th.

From October to Brest-Litovsk Leon Davidovich Trotzky 1909

Executive Committee that the leading Cadets were, indeed, demoralized by doctrinairism and even by counter-revolutionism, but that in the provinces there were still many bourgeois elements which could still go hand in hand with the revolutionary democrats, and that in order to make sure of their co-operation it was necessary to attract representatives of the bourgeoisie into the membership of the new ministry.

From October to Brest-Litovsk Leon Davidovich Trotzky 1909

For the class next above, the juniors, I took for textbook preparation Guizot's ` ` History of Civilization in Europe '' -- a book tinged with the doctrinairism of its author, but a work of genius; a great work, stimulating new trains of thought, and opening new vistas of knowledge.

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Volume I 1905