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...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 he said it in, or in fact if he ever said anything. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue, virtually without contradiction...
...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 he said it in, or in fact if he ever said anything. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue, virtually without contradiction...
Sander said a capital fund drive would be by definition a major effort. The last one, in 1968, raised $15 million. But he said, "We're not ready to put a price tag on it, not even one of the vaguest kind...
That assessment is light-years from 1970, when, Stankard recalls, a local antiques dealer bought his first glass-flower paperweights for $10. Then he was in the midst of "figuring out the secrets of how to do this -- at first I didn't have the vaguest idea. But as I met each new challenge, it became a narcotic." The effort has paid off handsomely: recently, at Manhattan's prestigious Heller Gallery, collectors were snapping up his crystal sculptures for as much...
...previous offering in Broadway history has rivaled the $18 million advance sale for Phantom, a commitment made by hundreds of thousands of people to pay up to $50 a ticket, generally before having had a chance to hear any of the songs, read any reviews or acquire the vaguest familiarity with the imported-from- London stars...