central idea
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“His central idea was that to live is to act, transforming oneself and the world around,” Ms. Riskin writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The central idea was the same: to have more control over their creations.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025
“I didn’t want you to know how ugly the world is,” he explains, laying out the film’s central idea.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
That painful history can be alchemized into thrilling entertainment is both the central idea and the takeaway experience of “Jelly’s Last Jam,” the jaw-dropping Encores! revival that opened on Wednesday at City Center.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024
In reality one central idea alone inspired him.
From Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study by Leonard, Arthur Glyn