GRE Text Completion Question 2707
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Many philosophers are known for a single utterance, an (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 themarginalia?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 |