How To Use Provoking In A Sentence

Traditional bridal wear combines with theatrical costume and effects to create an entertaining and thought-provoking visual statement.
We had many family quarrels about it, and they began in time to grow up to a dangerous height; for as I was quite estranged form my husband (as he was called) in affection, so I took no heed to my words, but sometimes gave him language that was provoking; and, in short, strove all I could to bring him to a parting with me, which was what above all things in the world I desired most. Moll Flanders
It's long, but it's thought provoking in many ways.
I remember anticipating the possible punishment of being caned for writing about ‘an enemy’ - a Western Christian woman - and later being admonished by mum for provoking the authorities.
However, the Trouts have skillfully created a spectacle as beautiful as it is thought provoking.

After explaining the context, we pose a series of questions regarding common factors that are intended to be thought provoking.
The problem since then has been how to rekindle a spirit of democratic inquiry without provoking another conservative backlash.
In his recent annual address to the clergy the Bish. lamented bitterly that the American "jingo" was provoking dear patient Christian England to put on her war-paint. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10
The marching an army into the midst of a peaceful Mexican settlement, frightening the inhabitants away, leaving their growing crops and other property to destruction, to you may appear a perfectly amiable, peaceful, unprovoking procedure; but it does not appear so to us. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
There was no doubt that Madge was a most provoking and persistent sniggler. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
It was like Lizzy to be so provoking to the poor young man.
Accumulation of the neurotransmitters in the synaptic cleft occurs provoking an increase in the stimulation of postsynaptic receptors. 3 Cocaine Toxicity
It is languid, thought provoking and compulsively interesting, but, much like its poster, it won't be the most exciting film at the multiplex.
It was the more provoking, as Bunce himself could write his name legibly, and one of those three doubting souls had for years boasted of like power, and possessed, indeed, a Bible, in which he was proud to show his name written by himself some thirty years ago -- "Job Skulpit;" but it was thought that Job Skulpit, having forgotten his scholarship, on that account recoiled from the petition, and that the other doubters would follow as he led them. The Warden
We spent festive evenings at Riversdale enjoying fine Australian wine and cuisine, and taking in thought-provoking lectures by the tutors.
It makes for a funny and thought-provoking series. Times, Sunday Times
Sinn Fein is accused each other of provoking incidents, in violation of the peace agreement.
Occasionally he slowed to a near halt, provoking Eng to push him to keep choreographing and to perform adequately.
At one point, Kirie asks her father about his conversation with the aforementioned spiral fetishist, provoking him to indignantly accuse her of eavesdropping.
Indeed all sections of the exhibition struck me as exciting and thought-provoking with the exception of the ceramics section which is mediocre.
Provoking a reaction through insults is discourteous. The Volokh Conspiracy » Discourteous to Wear American Flag Images on Cinco de Mayo?
I didn't feel I could answer the questions in an honest, thought-provoking way.
The final product contains newly-composed contemporary songs with reflective and thought-provoking themes.
His odd appearance and manner attracted the attention of local children, who would continually taunt him, provoking him to lose his temper and damage property.
That thought-provoking little parable raises some interesting questions about education.
I thought it was really thought provoking.
To the band's credit, this only seems to increase their pummelling potential, provoking them into walloping, abusing and thrashing their amps harder than ever.
His articles are wonderfully crafted and thought provoking.
The Baptist Quarterly Review, for example, declared that employers had been "arrogant and provoking" and condemned their use of private military forces to smash strikes.
But once the oaks die, grasses and exotics, like Scotch broom, will seed in aggressively, provoking a hotter flame.
As with herpes of the lip there are certain provoking factors which tend to precipitate an attack.
It is for the judge to decide if there is evidence of provoking conduct and loss of self-control.
Was this the age-old militarist strategy of provoking the sort of violence that made them indispensable?
You know that you are provoking me to say things.
The conversations by Adam Forde and Art are thought-provoking and will keep you wondering what exactly humanity is all night. REVIEW: Genesis by Bernard Beckett
The intro uses concrete language and is thought provoking. Christianity Today
This is a cracking good story, funny, sad, thrilling, and thought provoking.
Consequently, hydrogen sulfide accumulates, provoking a large increase in the mortality of macrofaunal species including farmed shellfish. Coastal lagoon
In an ingenious and thought-provoking paper some time ago, Jerrold Levinson put forward a novel and imaginative thesis purporting to explain why tropism never quite got off the ground, despite its respectable bimillennial launch history (1980). Tropes
It is also a thought-provoking examination of the animal nature of humans and at what point a punishment should fit a crime.
They offer a thought-provoking counterpoint to the antics of our own MPs. Times, Sunday Times
And Stine just kept right on provoking him with taunts and derision.
I hope that my rambling answer fully addressed your thought-provoking question, Matthew.
This is not only simplistic but it is even ignorant of pain-provoking peripheral nerve fibres now known to exist in man.
This book is also highly readable and avoids dryness, despite its scholarly approach - a most enjoyable and thought provoking read.
A delicate wing, gauzy and transparent, spread in her hands, spanning her fingers, its lacy intricacy provoking a thoughtful quietness, a sad wistfulness.
Clutching it tightly and pressing it against her chest, the lady exhaled as she attempted to rid herself of these provoking thoughts.
He held his vast audience captive by his thought-provoking exposition of the holy text.
The police car backed off for safety reasons and to avoid provoking the truck's driver, RCMP said in a news release.
The result is a thought provoking, super interesting read, guaranteed to get the grey matter working. The Sun
Despite world pube supplies being at a perilous low, one singular offending hair survived current genital fashions for waxed baldness, provoking inter-landlandy armageddon on Three In A Bed Thu, 8pm, Channel 4. Grace Dent's TV OD: Three In A Bed
Being thought-provoking is its point, and a useful but limited end in itself. Matthew Yglesias » A People’s History of the United States
Perhaps the play that turned the game most dramatically toward the Redskins was made by a defense that was ultra-violent all day long, dealing out two concussions and other gasp-provoking licks, even though it allowed the Eagles to lead in yardage, 353-293. Redskins' Donovan McNabb is the homecoming king in Philadelphia, but he wasn't alone
But Colette was not as insensitive as Christian believed to the reactions she was provoking in her husband. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
The most elegant piece of cinema on offer this week is also the most thought-provoking. Times, Sunday Times
The North has accused the South of provoking the attack because shells from a South Korean military drill landed in the North's waters.
The juxtaposition of my somewhat flatly morbid work with the life and vitality of the farm is quite provoking.
When the farmer had arrived safely in the dock he looked about in a very dreamy manner, and in answer to the Magistrates' Clerk said ‘Prapsh I have had - hic - a lil drop - hic - er whisky,’ provoking great hilarity in the court.
It's a very thought-provoking activity and breeds congeniality.
Whilst Nuffield wanted a rigorously scientific, fact-based collation of the contemporary situation, Longford saw the report as a means of provoking social reform.
To which provoking words, one amongst them, called Forgier, an honest fellow of his person and a notable springal, made answer very calmly thus: How long is it since you have got horns, that you are become so proud? Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
The reality is that adolescent and preadolescent humans generally do have sensitivities and anxieties about discussing sex in what used to be called “mixed company”, and provoking these anxieties inevitably makes a difficult discussion even more hazardous. The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause
This eclectic and thought-provoking collection is as noteworthy for its odd inclusions as for its equally bizarre exclusions.
I found this chapter well organized and thought provoking.
Whenever they have spoken at all they have said this; and they have said it on what has appeared good reason to them; the marching of an army into the midst of a peaceful Mexican settlement, frightening the inhabitants away, leaving their growing crops and other property to destruction, to _you_ may appear a perfectly amiable, peaceful, unprovoking procedure; but it does not appear so to _us_. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
Its only purpose seems to have been to provoke people who really don't need any more provoking over a subject that really doesn't need any more speculation. Times, Sunday Times
After more than a decade of munificent salary-and-stock packages, many of America's corporate chieftains are departing with big retirement packages, provoking anger among some worker and shareholder activists.
He could see tears in her eyes, and it made him angry that Jeff was provoking her.
The paradox is that his heavy-handed tactics risk provoking one. Times, Sunday Times
It's a wonderful and thought-provoking book. The Sun
Whites smashed the windows in Holloway's home and threatened Coe's family, provoking him to put a gun in every room of his home.
This is a fascinating and thought-provoking book, laced with genuine wit and elegantly written.
Your post and subsequent comments on "pastoralism" are certainly thought provoking. Farm Fetish
Snobbery be damned, he thought, here was a bunch of actors provoking the kind of wild, untempered enthusiasm he could only dream about.
Slavery and the slave trade, however, denied self-love to the slave, provoking permanent discontent and possible rebellion.
Over time, similarly repeated anxiety-provoking experiences may contribute to the development of serious internalizing symptoms that co-occur with externalizing problems in these children.
Just like GI Joe and allthose others; ALL OF WHICH I LOVE... but I'm not going to pretend they're intense, thought provoking drama for anyone over the age of six. Fandamentalism
It was an odd political discussion: a cut and thrust of words for the sake of provoking and exploring. MOONDROP TO MURDER
Many blame him for provoking conservative voters and contributing to John Kerry's defeat in the presidential election.
She starts, too, from positions of provoking extremity… but passes rapidly from violent identification to a blank disbelief in what she has undertaken to say.
They are wildly popular, provoking several reissues and a host of lookie-likie tributes from other brands. Times, Sunday Times
She was even once stopped in her carriage, which they called aristocratic, because of its arms and ornaments, and threatened to be murdered, and only saved by one of the worst wretches of the Convention, Tallien, who feared provoking a war with Sweden, from such an offence to the wife of its ambassador. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3
In contrast, the critics found it a thought provoking work of art: "A masterpiece of indirection and pure visceral thrills, David Cronenberg's latest mindblower is the feel-good, feel-bad movie of the year. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and "A History of Violence"
They offer a thought-provoking counterpoint to the antics of our own MPs. Times, Sunday Times
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And its impending arrival is provoking strong emotions. Times, Sunday Times
Motolinia wrote a letter to in which he dealt severely with the accusations of Las Casas, whom he described as a restless, turbulent man, who wandered from one colony to another, provoking disturbances and scandals. Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings
Muriel Gray may be wrong-headed at times and her sentence structure may offend grammatical pedants but at least she is thought - provoking and often entertaining.
Its examination of the concept of non-violent action is thought provoking.
In 2002, also in the Brazilian league, Coritiba striker Jabá was cautioned for dummying and dribbling; the referee claimed he was provoking opponents. Which football teams have been referenced on album covers? | The Knowledge
An interesting and thought-provoking video on lgbt pride from the folks at infomania. Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters
There are people all over writing solemn and thought-provoking pieces to mark the completion of a year that's not been one of humanity's most noble.
Two thought-provoking shows are being staged in Chipping Norton this weekend.
While not asserting that the Galatians are "vainglorious" now, he says they are liable to become so. provoking one another -- an effect of "vaingloriousness" on the stronger: as "envying" is its effect on the weaker. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
I am talking about labor agitators who feed and fatten and thrive on the deliberate creation of discord and discontent and strife -- who live only by provoking disputes, where no reason for dispute exists -- and their chief "high priest", Mr. John L. Lewis, who denied coal to our steel mills because portal-to-portal pay was more important than the lives of our sons. A Business Man Speaks Up
And he feared that overt papal condemnation might look well, but would close down other options, and would rebound on hapless victims by provoking retaliation. The Times Literary Supplement
So saying, and summing up the whole with a provoking wink, and such an interjectional tchick as men quicken a dull horse with, Petit Andre drew off to the other side of the path, and left the youth to digest the taunts he had treated him with, as his proud Scottish stomach best might. Quentin Durward
These actions, which have killed numerous Israeli civilians, terrorized the people of Israel and destroyed many cities, played a central role in provoking the current crisis, and do nothing but harm the cause of Palestinian and Lebanese independence and democracy. Israel-Lebanon Conflict
As a result of his work on the action of phlorhizin, a glucoside provoking glycosuria, and another one on nuclein metabolism in man, he was appointed Otto Loewi - Biography
What is thought - provoking, regarding the summit, American and Europe's manner is various.
A thought-provoking reach from a sharp fingerhold on the roof's lip gains a strenuous and exposed upper wall.
All of you have written things that I have found thought-provoking and/or intriguing!
Likewise, you have made the mistake of provoking us to use and conjure the spirits that we had held back until now.
It is a provoking visual image.
The intro uses concrete language and is thought provoking. Christianity Today
There was a real danger of provoking a general conflagration in the region, he said. Times, Sunday Times
A blistering run from Greene, and one provoking no accusation of drug cheating, might still save the day.
The spokesman said that the advent of the colorful and provoking advertisements has increased the number of bus travelers considerably.
They all agreed again and again how provoking it was to be so disappointed.
The victims' demand for capital punishment has boomeranged on them, provoking sympathy for the person they most abhor.
Sensual and macabre, the drawings celebrate the luminous and tactile quality of fur while provoking acknowledgement of the animal absence in these forms.
a thought-provoking book
The victims' demand for capital punishment has boomeranged on them, provoking sympathy for the person they most abhor.
I don't think of myself as a psychiatric case but I had to feel that Spider was provoking me to consider existential matters of the human condition.
At first he didn't respond but Sarah was such a good kisser and she was provoking him to kiss her back the way he used to, he had no choice but to kiss her back.
The warning about conduct was meant to stop people deliberately provoking him.
However, it has some interesting, thought-provoking observations to make.
The intro uses concrete language and is thought provoking. Christianity Today
While I am dedicated to sharing the most interesting, tantalizing, and conversation provoking info, I act as a true fan here and will remain reformed of the practice of posting ‘ruiners.’ The Tail Section » Lost Spoilers! The Latest Intel - Disinformation Watch! Lost Season 4 Previews?
They were a major catalyst in provoking the other tribes to resist the Spanish settlement and exploitation of Indian lands. The indigenous past of Zacatecas
Alderson said it started after she asked a chaplain – not Signorelli – to say something “inspirational” and “thought-provoking” at a staff meeting. To improve decorum, hospice chaplain is not allowed to use the word “God” « Anglican Samizdat
The clarity of ideas and the interlacing of pithy quotes make this a readable, thought-provoking book.
Like all good grotesques, these works simultaneously attract and repel, provoking us into uneasy awareness of ourselves.
For instance, my good man, _caneton à la bigarade_, or duckling garnished with the oozy, saliva-provoking sauce of the peel of bitter oranges. Europe After 8:15
The essay is both factually enlightening and philosophically thought-provoking.
It is agitating in the way it embodies the distractibility of contemporary life, but it is also trenchant and thought-provoking—a slog to read, in other words, but a pleasure to ponder. Quixotic Obstinance, Quicksilver Memory
Good brainfood nonetheless, keep up the thought provoking posts. My billion dollar idea that will redefine ecommerce. « The Paradigm Shift
Faux news representatives are real world Pied Pipers of Hamelin provoking and leading frightened and irrational Republican lemmings to financial/medical ruin and self-assisted health care suicide. Think Progress » Tea party leaders say they would ‘absolutely’ abolish Social Security.
It is feasible he made his point in even stronger terms in the dressing room beforehand, but there was little evidence early on of his sermon provoking the desired reaction.
There is no authorial narration in this unsensational, thought-provoking film, which doesn't judge either way. Times, Sunday Times
It isn't that the novel is badly written - the plotting and pacing reveal the steady hand of the professional - it just doesn't possess the excitements of the poolside diversion nor the dark matter of more provoking reads.
Already, the gross excrescence that is slowly emerging from its chrysalis is provoking horror among local residents, as its impact on a once gracious townscape becomes evident.
Plan to avoid or minimize your exposure to guilt-provoking situations.
As early as the mid-1950s—first in her paintings and later with her exquisitely textured xylography "Tecelares"—she concentrated on the interplay of forms and background, often provoking our uncertainty in these works as to whether certain shapes are swallowing or being swallowed by the matter surrounding them. Under the Spotlight, the Versatile Oeuvre of Lygia Pape Is Magnified
Maybe it was the winter flu crisis that educated the Prime Minister, provoking him to tell Sir David Frost, on the Sunday morning television sofa, that Britain would have to make a real change in the way it funded its health service.
And he feared that overt papal condemnation might look well, but would close down other options, and would rebound on hapless victims by provoking retaliation. The Times Literary Supplement
Provoking to disunite the country and undermine the state unity.
I had an interesting and thought-provoking conversation with a fellow plant enthusiast last week.
Mexican indie with a sci-fi bent asks a thought-provoking question: namely, what effect will future advances in telecommuting and robotic technology have on the current Mexican-U.S. labor problem? 2009 September : Scrubbles.net
James has some very provoking thoughts on the matter, so I'd recommend reading the whole thing.
Loss of GlcNAcT-IVa, or the addition of glycan-ligand mimetics, attenuates Glut-2 cell-surface half-life, provoking endocytosis with redistribution into endosomes and lysosomes. “I have vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.”* | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
Your editorials are thought-provoking in addressing the myriad problems besetting our profession today.
The Sri Lankan army, which has inflicted widespread damage and constantly harasses local residents, recently killed several local youth, provoking angry protests.
Pakistan, as the irridentist party, would welcome it; indeed, the attacks by Pakistan-sponsored groups in Kashmir and elsewhere in India may be aimed in part in provoking the U.S. to intervene on the dispute. Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Hands Off Kashmir!
I know nothing about Discordians or Discordian theory, so I am intrigued as to what it was that you found so provoking?
He was quite blunt and critical about the way the authorities had mishandled the situation and gave many thought provoking suggestions as to how this problem could be remedied.
Sometimes he has interesting, thought-provoking and funny things to say. Times, Sunday Times
His writings were always engaging, thought-provoking and reflective, and expressive in their style and delivery.
And its impending arrival is provoking strong emotions. Times, Sunday Times
In addition to about 3 weeks of indifference on Mubarak's part, he and his VP have been provoking people with the manner of delivering speeches and even the choice of words: "Road map?" how does this term relate to the Egyptian demands, it is merely used as a misleading political cliché used before by Israel and Jordan. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
The college conducted a listening exercise, provoking anger from donors and alumni, before deciding that the statue should remain. Times, Sunday Times
He does so in a way that is accessible to the average reader but that is still thought provoking and interesting.
This book is thought-provoking and enjoyable. Times, Sunday Times
Kane's stand-up (as usual, with a cheeky but thought-provoking take on the social anthropology of his native Essex) is always a reliable source of entertainment, while Conaty's leftfield character comedy and lovable anecdotal material shows why the judges are tipping her to go far. This week's new comedy
They distinguish between the two, and they're not referring to celluloid or what something was shot on, they are merely contrasting what they find to be tasteful, artful, or simply thought-provoking, versus what they might label pure saccharin entertainment, intravenous movie Slurpee. Ashley Wren Collins: Seeking Cinematic Sustenance in a Saturated World
It said his name in a mocking way, provoking him to an anger that he dared not express in front of such a fiend.
If theres hatred toward zionists, its not like they’re innocent and unprovoking, the victim. Think Progress » Gingrich: ‘This Is, In Fact, World War III’ And The U.S. ‘Ought To Be Helping’
The plight of Dr Saleh, an Iraqi Kurd, was first published in the Yorkshire Post more than a year ago, provoking residents in Keighley to write to their MP Ann Cryer.
Barbara, of Brampton Road, Croydon, is very open about her past giving yet another thought provoking statistic.
Among gypsy women skill in begging implies the possession of every talent which they most esteem, such as artfulness, cool effrontery, and the power of moving pity or provoking generosity by pique or humor. The Gypsies
It is never easy in Parliament when we have to deal with these serious and thought provoking, conscience provoking, issues.
The metonym I am describing is more than a ‘reality effect’ but less than a link in a dangerously mobile semiotic chain; no frightening or anxiety-provoking associations need be made to it.
In this period of life by the mysterious bond between the auditory channel and the motor channel of the spoken language it would seem that the auditory perceptions have the direct power of provoking the complicated movements of articulate speech which develop instinctively after such stimuli as if awaking from the slumber of heredity. The Montessori Method
I would also include a thought-provoking book. Times, Sunday Times
I noticed that stressful, anxiety-provoking events encountered during the day had a habit of cropping up in my dreams, augmented to terrible proportions by the merciless magnifying glass of the subconscious.
But in general, this is a strong, thought-provoking piece of writing and an impressive, affecting performance.
The articles he wrote were extraordinary, riveting and thought-provoking.
In fact the commission's analysis of the state of British convergence with the eurozone was very mild, extremely careful and deliberately designed to avoid provoking a bust-up.
He was quite blunt and critical about the way the authorities had mishandled the situation and gave many thought provoking suggestions as to how this problem could be remedied.
Your article was quite thought provoking.
This was a very thought-provoking and interesting presentation for me to attend.
At the end of this deeply thought-provoking work, then, one is left wondering whether the tonic is E and the dominant B, or the tonic B with dominants D, F and G#.
What remains is educational in the narrowest sense: informational rather than thought-provoking. Times, Sunday Times
Fortunately, the Communists in the Federal Writers 'Project were in their Popular Front phase and all for the meliorist New Deal, so their presence, while provoking conservatives in Congress and making life difficult for writers such as Wright and for Project administrators, ultimately did not diminish the guidebooks' quality. A Stimulus Deal for Writers
Its only purpose seems to have been to provoke people who really don't need any more provoking over a subject that really doesn't need any more speculation. Times, Sunday Times
All are revealing and thought-provoking, though seldom unproblematic. The Times Literary Supplement
It's a shame that The Adjustment Bureau, with its sparkling performances, promising premise, and thought-provoking questions about free will, human nature, fate, and the justness of God's motives could end in such a pat, corny heap that's sure to draw negative comparisons to superior mind-benders like Inception and The Matrix. Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Adjustment Bureau -- Love, Fate and Magic Hats
Why should we risk provoking their full wrath on Bingtown's behalf? THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
This erudite and thought-provoking book provides an ideal meeting ground. The Times Literary Supplement
It is ambient and it is thought-provoking on even the most rudimentary level, with expression seldom falling into obviousness - either in terms of lyrics, melody or tonality.
Being assured that he would resist the decree relative to the nonjuring and seditious priesthood, they sent it to him for the purpose of provoking his resistance, that the citizens might see his lack of cordiality towards the revolution. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
"We've been covering the news for so long, our reporters know better than to have said anything that might have been incendiary or provoking," the source said.
The programme did, however, contain something rare and more thought-provoking - a clip from a greyhound race in which a dog caught the hare.
I'm often reminded by comrades that the political tasks of the moment involve much more than merely mocking, ridiculing and provoking the Stoppers and associated tendencies.
It is, after all, free information usable for blackmail, theft or provoking a crippling system breakdown.
Serenity is an object lesson in how to do things right; from narrative structure, to emotional development, to surprise plot twists and thought provoking subtexts, everything about this film just works.
They ran through emotions from funny, romantic and sad, to witty, wistful and thought-provoking.
I cannot say that this film was riveting or particularly thought provoking.
They have created an astonishing and provoking array of teapots in various media that often look nothing like a teapot in the traditional sense of the word.
But what I said was much more precise (and worked marvelously in provoking these guys to make fools of themselves, not that this is difficult): as a matter of science, the way an exception proofs a rule is precisely a test: if it is true that objects fall at the same speed whether they are heavy or light, then how can it also be true that a feather falls more slowly? Matthew Yglesias » For Democrats, Even a 2010 Win Will Feel Like a Loss
Why such gruesome murders are happening again and again is really a thought-provoking question.
At the risk of provoking a bilious attack in Professor Bunyip, we badly need a large injection of what Phillip Adams' mate John Embling calls ‘tough love’.
This is a thoughtful and thought-provoking book then, but not vastly original in its thinking. Times, Sunday Times
My plan was simple: create a conflict between those who would be offended by the piece and those who would say its offensiveness gave it merit as powerful, thought-provoking art.
On one hand, it was among the most exciting and thought-provoking shows of the season.
But according to Iraqi exiles, the jubilation in Baghdad was low key, perhaps to avoid provoking reprisals.
Zeno as the inventor of the antinomic mode of argu - mentation or the “skeptical method” “of watching, or rather provoking, a conflict of assertions, not for the purpose of deciding in favor of one or the other side, but of investigating whether the object of the contro - versy is not perhaps a deceptive appearance which each vainly tries to grasp, and in regard to which, even if there were no opposition to overcome, neither can arrive at any result” (Critique of Pure Reason, 2nd. ed., p. 451; all page references to this edition). ANTINOMY OF PURE REASON
The volume as a whole is thought-provoking and rewards careful study.
Here are some of Neil Gaiman's thought-provoking remarks about his storytelling and writing process from Roger Sutton's interview of the recent Newbery Medalist for the School Library Journal: I was in Bologna a few years ago, in 2003, listening to a speech being given at the university about my work. “What It Is That I’ve Done, What It Is That I Do”
Marrying thought provoking lyrics with great melodies and his trademark acoustic guitar playing, his music is underlined with an acerbic and sometimes sarcastic wit.

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