Word: greatnesse
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The artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but 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...
Harvard's all-time record against these schools does not conjure up images of greatness--actually, it doesn't conjure up much. Against the Quakers the Crimson are 23-101, and against the Tigers it is 34-97.
Cobb once held some 40 major-league hitting and base-running records, and his lifetime batting average (.367) remains unsurpassed. Aside from that, he had everything to hide: unquestionably a womanizer, a wife beater and a venomous racist, he was possibly a murderer and a fixer of ball games. But...
In both Maddox and Lawrence's view, however, Frieda provided the author the ultimate chance at greatness, by acting as his muse. As a woman, she embodied a feared and dreaded negation which aroused Lawrence's violent hatred. He thrived on her contradictions. Despite her flagrant infidelities, he insisted that...
Here's what he writes: "The concept of 'greatness' is itself historically and socially contingent. There are no objective criteria, but only ongoing relativistic processes that rest upon constant fluctuation in a series of class, race and gender factors. As a result, your puerile attempt to discuss 'the great comedies...