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This article is designed to explain how to achieve the third answer to this perplexing problem by the use of the vague generality, the artful equivocation and the overpowering assumption...
...artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us take our earlier typical examination question, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" The equivocator would answer it in this way: "Some people believe that David Hume was not necessarily a great philosopher because his thought was merely a reflection of condition around him, colored by his own personality. Others, however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived...
ESSAY: Even Darwin could not explain life's origin...
...operations, as many as 3 million informants and collaborators -- in a population of 23 million -- clandestinely monitored mail and telephone conversations, analyzed handwriting samples to track down the sources of dissident material, tailed foreigners and spied on citizens in every apartment block, village and factory. Their ubiquitous presence helps explain the deep vein of distrust and suspicion pervading Rumanian society. The Securitate further functioned as the national intelligence service...
...honestly don't know if it's possible to explain my experience to anyone who isn't a woman, or even to a woman who hasn't experienced it blatantly. Maybe it is possible. I can try: I can tell you about obscene phone calls I've gotten, about how personally I took the Montreal Massacre... I could tell you that writing this makes me afraid I am inviting more abuse. Those women in Montreal were shot because they were feminists, or called that. I'm a feminist. What's going to happen...