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

“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

The new kind of fair mobility is a central idea of degrowth.

From Salon • May 3, 2024

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 his first message he said: "The central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy."

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green