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...illustrations needn't of course be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered through your bluebook will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume ever wrote; don't just say "Medieval cathedrals"--name nine. Think of a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence," like Natalie Wood. If you can't come up with titles, try a few sharp metaphors of your own; they have at least the solid clink of pseudofacts...
...check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, "Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." The question is asked, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" Our hero replies by opening his essay with "David Hume, the great Scottish philospher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If this be the spirit of the age in which he lived then he was representative of it." This generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea what Hume really said...
...Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." (Philosophy...
...Researchers: Dorothy Affa, Martha Bardach, Richard L. Boeth, Anne Callahan, MaryAnne Golon, Paula Hornak Kellner, Gary Roberts, Carol Saner, Nancy Smith- Alam, Melanie Stephens, Robert B. Stevens, Mary Themo Photographers: Eddie Adams, Terry Ashe, William Campbell, Sahm Doherty, Michael Evans, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Neil Leifer, Ben Martin, Harry Mattison, Mark Meyer, Ralph Morse, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Stephen Northup, Bill Pierce, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
...Researchers: Dorothy Affa, Martha Bardach, Richard L. Boeth, Anne Callahan, MaryAnne Golon, Paula Hornak Kellner, Gary Roberts, Carol Saner, Nancy Smith- Alam, Melanie Stephens, Robert B. Stevens, Mary Themo Photographers: Eddie Adams, Terry Ashe, William Campbell, Sahm Doherty, Michael Evans, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Neil Leifer, Ben Martin, Harry Mattison, Mark Meyer, Ralph Morse, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Stephen Northup, Bill Pierce, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...