A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine. From LearnThat.org. [Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)]
The peculiar characteristic of the philistine is a dull, dry kind of gravity, akin to that of animals. From Wordnik.com. [The Wisdom of Life] Reference
By "philistine" do you mean someone from Philadelphia?. From Wordnik.com. ["Hey, Matt. Sure is a gorgeous day to get drunk and throw beanbags back and forth on the front sidewalk for 11 hours!"] Reference
Oh - one other thing ... what kind of philistine moron would ban The Bells of St. Trinian??!. From Wordnik.com. [ON THE BUBBLE WITH IAN RANKIN] Reference
You would like to pass for a tranquil, well-balanced man, for what is called a philistine, but you cannot compass it. ". From Wordnik.com. [Caesar or Nothing] Reference
III, iii) could anathematize manual labour as "philistine", the humbler occupations as "unworthy of a free man". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
Britisher is not so philistine as Shaw paints him. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
All her artistic friends dismiss him as a philistine. From Wordnik.com. [Ansen's Top 15] Reference
Does the philistine feed the poor and save the sinners?. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
He runs like any bourgeois philistine from ... nothingness. From Wordnik.com. [Having A Bad Hair Day Of The Soul] Reference
No one who likesGone With the Windthat much can be a philistine. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Cute] Reference
It's Andres Serrano, of course, which any philistine should know. From Wordnik.com. [Ratfink Writes New Book: James Wolcott] Reference
Hence the claim of the philistine seems not to merit consideration. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
And apparently he wasn't quite the joyless philistine often depicted. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
The philosopher, like the philistine, may tolerate feeling within limits. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
The poet's quarrel with the philistine, in particular, is far from settled. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
His standpoint was clearly philistine and, I regret to say, distinctly pagan. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914] Reference
How can the poet satisfy the philistine world that his songs are worth while?. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
The doctor was distressed by its philistine capacity for digesting literature. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Or let an interest in art become fashionable, and once again the philistine is won over. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
Goldwyn, that philistine of philistines, instructed him to "write hits like Irving Berlin.". From Wordnik.com. [Rhapsody Imbued] Reference
But, not being much given to abstract reflection, the philistine is usually at a loss to inform us. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
It costs little to maintain an artist, but it taxes thousands to support the philistine and his wife. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
The captain glared back, clearly indicating his conviction that the doctor was a complete philistine. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Not everybody who goes into this business and becomes an agent or executive is a corporate philistine. From Wordnik.com. [The Screenwriter’s Valentine: An Interview with Screen Plays Author David S. Cohen: Jim Windolf] Reference
THX, You can on Blackheath, but seeing as you are a philistine Norf Londoner, yuse wouldn ` t know that. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Some experimentalists might couple a clear soda — say, Sprite — with chili, but I'm not a philistine. From Wordnik.com. [Babette’s Feast II: This Time It’s Personal] Reference
“I mean as an artiste in a philistine world, as a woman with high standards in a world of selfish men?”. From Wordnik.com. [Seasonal Discord] Reference
The beauty-blind philistine doubtless has some cause for bewilderment, but the poet takes no pains to placate him. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
For now that the artist shows himself capable of getting the things the philistine values, the latter accords him esteem. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
As to the laziness of the great majority of workers, only philistine economists and philanthropists can utter such nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
But invariably, whatever a poet hero's failings maybe, the author assures the philistine public that it is entirely to blame. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
When he was 13 he went on to Gordonstoun, the Scottish school that had a well-earned reputation for spartan, if not philistine, values. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Prince] Reference
Besides, a more relevant question might be: How long will Mr. Mehta choose to stay with the company he obviously thinks of as philistine?. From Wordnik.com. [Why Did Stuart Do It? And Other Random Questions] Reference
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