great thinker

collocation in English

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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thinker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈθɪŋ.kər/us
/ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/
someone who considers important subjects or produces ...
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(Definition ofgreatandthinkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ironically, any work which sets out to detail the influence of onegreatthinkeron another of its very nature cannot avoid the risk of distortion and misinterpretation.
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The text does not betray the mind of agreatthinkeror the style of a great author.
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In this way can we avoid some of the loss which comes when oxygen is no longer furnished to the brain of thegreatthinker?
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Agreatthinkerfirst of all clarifies his or her position, and modifies it only much later.
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He was a pioneer, agreatthinkerand a man of vision.
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He was an organiser and agreatthinker.
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Agreatthinker, she is also an excellent problem solver.
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He is not known for being agreatthinkerwith him usually acting perversely around women and rashly in battle.
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In general, a comparison between these two great thinkers would be very illuminating.
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The book is unashamedly intellectual history of an old-fashioned kind, a narrative of great thinkers who wrote great books filled with great ideas.
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Giovanni prides himself on citing only from great thinkers.
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I am embarrassed at being placed in the dizzying company of one of the truly great thinkers in the world.
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Great thinkers, great ideas, justify themselves.
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We all know that great thinkers who can gather up knowledge into generalizations are there.
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It was the last great intellectual work of one of our great thinkers.
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The world in general, and all great thinkers, have always made this distinction between what may be called the material and the spiritual things.
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Artificial some of it may appear: but it is the artifice of great thinkers who planned for posterity in order that we might enjoy their creations in their prime.
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One of my country's great thinkers said that in speaking the truth, one cannot be original every day.
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Thus, contrary to what the great thinkers behind the euro had told us, agrimonetary measures will continue.
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