Word: humes
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...illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your bluebook will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean’s List. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume wrote; don’t just say Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think up 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 at least...
...Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme.” (Philosophy...
...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 philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If these be the spirit of the age in which he lived, then he was representative of it.” This generality expert...
...artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us begin with the question, “Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived...
...shoes to fill, charismatically speaking. Until last November, the Social Democratic and Labour Party was led by John Hume, Nobel Peace Prize winner, singer of songs with President Clinton, darling of the world's press since he staked out a nonviolent Irish nationalism at the start of the Troubles. Durkan, the youngest of seven children raised on a police widow's pension, was Hume's detail man for two decades, turning the great leader's big but fuzzy visions into political reality. His skill at listening and bridging divides won him respect, and when Hume finally stepped down, Durkan...