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...check the operation of a Vague Generality, take the typical example of "Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." The question is asked, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent with the sprit of the age in which he lived?" Our hero replies with 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...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: How to Beat the System | 8/17/1993 | See Source »

Modernization always has its casualties. Harvard, in its sprit of progressive thought and intellectual advances, has neglected one key spot in its march toward the future. Our bathrooms...

Author: By Jonathan A. Bresman, | Title: A Delicate Ecosystem | 10/22/1991 | See Source »

...Guilford High School, Knight tried out for the school's soccer team and played in a few scrimmages. Unlike in England, Knight didn't have to worry about, professional clubs knocking on his door, drawing his attention away from school. And Guilford had something his English school had lacked--sprit...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Breaking Away Off the Field, Around the Globe | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...takes a lot of sprit to come from behind to win a game, then the Harvard women's soccer team has more spirit than a liquor store in the holiday season...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: W. Booters Rally Back, 4-3 | 9/23/1988 | See Source »

Yale's 12 residential colleges have their own reputations and legends and fosters a great deal of sprit and rivalry...

Author: By John P. Stanley, | Title: Be It Ever So Humble, There's No Place... | 4/11/1987 | See Source »

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