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...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 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 of what Hume really said, or in fact what...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating The System | 1/20/1988 | See Source »

...ARTHUR SULLIVAN: OVERTURES (Nimbus). From Patience to Pinafore, a Savoyard field day with the crack Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Alexander Faris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Best of '87: Music | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

...engineering committees have beencommissioned by the Scottish government todetermine whether it is safe to move the asbestos.They found that it would be safer for thecommunity to move it than not to," Levey said...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Scots Upset By Harvard Docs' Plan | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

...Never apologize, never explain." That ancient macho motto may be the only bit of traditional wisdom Scottish Filmmaker Bill Forsyth believes in. The glory of his wee pictures (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero) is the way people appear out of nowhere, disappear without warning, and never discuss their motives for doing either. In his world no one has heard of Freud, let alone a well-made screenplay. They are, however, well prepared for life's little surprises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Off The Cliff HOUSEKEEPING | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

...Antenor chased the fugitives to Edinburgh and hired detectives to find them. By now reporters were also in hot pursuit of the couple they continually referred to as the playboy and the heiress. The fugitives hid in various friends' houses for the < three weeks required to establish Scottish residence, then got married. Don Antenor went to court to have the marriage annulled, but lost. "They can expect no financial assistance from me," said Don Antenor as he disinherited his defiant daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lucky Gambler: Sir James Goldsmith Is a Billionaire Buccaneer | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

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