Providential used in a sentence

Providential in a sentence as an adjective

Right, that is the view that is being labeled almost providential.

I'd say it's not wrong, though the "providential man" idea is more closely linked to De Gaule than Napoleon.

Stoicism as it was taught 2000 years ago was extremely bound up in its "providential" and deity focus.

> How is that not an almost providential view of history?In about every conceivable way?

I didn't say that an 'almost providential' view of history is necessarily wrong, just that Pinker does indeed seem to hold such a view.

Combine it with Napoleon's providential talent, you could essentially have a mobile command center and the army could still function.

> But the real calamities have decreased dramatically, and life has improved so incredibly that it is not even funnyHow is that not an almost providential view of history?

There's a quote from the book that I posted in another comment that pretty clearly exemplifies the 'almost' providential nature of Pinker's view of history:"Though I am skittish about any notion of historical inevitability, cosmic forces or mystical arcs of justice, some kinds of social change really do seem to be carried along by an inexorable tectonic force.