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Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, does not try to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. Instead it tries to deepen our understanding through (i)_____what is already closest to us ——the experiences, thoughts, concepts, and activities that make up our lives but that ordinarily escape our notice precisely because they are so familiar. Philosophy begins by finding (ii)_____the things that are (iii)_____.

Blank(i)Blank(ii)Blank(iii)
A attainment of D essentially irrelevant G most prosaic
B rumination on E utterly mysterious H somewhat hackneyed
C detachment from F thoroughly commonplace I refreshingly novel

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