All 4 Uses of
obstinate
in
Utopia, by Thomas More
- But though they willingly let go all the good things that were among those of former ages, yet, if better things are proposed, they cover themselves obstinately with this excuse of reverence to past times.†
*obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- If, by the Mosaical law, though it was rough and severe, as being a yoke laid on an obstinate and servile nation, men were only fined, and not put to death for theft, we cannot imagine, that in this new law of mercy, in which God treats us with the tenderness of a father, He has given us a greater licence to cruelty than He did to the Jews.†
- and as they continue in action, they grow more obstinate, and press harder upon the enemy, insomuch that they will much sooner die than give ground;†
- while, on the other hand, if such debates were carried on with violence and tumults, as the most wicked are always the most obstinate, so the best and most holy religion might be choked with superstition, as corn is with briars and thorns;†
Definition:
stubbornly not doing what others want