prejudices

But this label prejudices the case in favor of Aquinas's perspective: it assumes that Marston has been seduced by an Islamic misreading of Aristotle, and it closes off the possibility that Augustine and Aristotle might have more in common than is typically allowed.

Divine Illumination Pasnau, Robert 2006

It's unhappy to be separated, but we bear our unhappiness out of respect for what you call prejudices, because we know how our defying them would hurt those we love.

Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux Eug��ne Brieux 1895

Many people regarded the French armies as the propagators of the ideas of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire; while the fact was, that, if any traces of the opinions of these great men remained in the instruments of the power of Bonaparte, it was only to liberate them from what they called prejudices, and not to establish a single regenerating principle.

Ten Years' Exile Necker, Anne L G 1821

Old Mrs. Stafford declared to her son, when he was returning, that she had so far got the better of what he called her prejudices, that, if she could but travel to Ireland, without crossing the sea, she verily believed she would go and spend a year with him and the Grays at Rosanna.

Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Maria Edgeworth 1808

Many people regarded the French armies as the propagators of the ideas of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire; while the fact was, that, if any traces of the opinions of these great men remained in the instruments of the power of Bonaparte, it was only to liberate them from what they called prejudices, and not to establish a single regenerating principle.

Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. Auguste Louis Baron de [Editor] Stael-Holstein 1791

For the BBC to call itself impartial is a sick joke, their political bias is clear and obvious and I am sure that I (and others) could list their built-in prejudices with ease.

Are the BBC going easy on Labour Not a sheep 2009

But to expect the world to conform to your personal prejudices is unreasonable, if not irrational.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010

And thence arise certain prejudices, for the removing of which, it will be convenient to distinguish them into absolute and relative, true and apparent, mathematical and common.

The pre-history of Einstein’s relativity « Skulls in the Stars 2008

The only online games I play are MMORPGs and I must admit that I too have certain prejudices toward character names.

Character names nathreee 2007

Sure, we develop certain prejudices, but they tend to be for things like sweet foods, warmer climates and social gatherings.

Think Progress » Religious Right Seeks Unprecedented Constitutional Convention To Ban Gay Marriage Without Congress 2006