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Many philosophers are known for a single utterance, a _______ saying
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Many philosophers are known for a single utterance, a (i) _______ saying that long outlives them. There is often (ii) _______ in this phenomenon. While most undergraduate philosophy students can quote the 18th-century philosopher David Hume as saying "Reason is the slave of the passions," David Hume himself actually consigned this apothegm to the marginalia of his text. In all likelihood, he had (iii) _______ he had ever written any such thing.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| A. unfocused | D. subtle wisdom | G. soon forgotten |
| B. epigrammatic | E. great irony | H. readily denied |
| C. obscure | F. wide renown | I. inadvertently conceded |
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