SOCECOL 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Backtracking, Blaise Pascal, Jeremy Bentham
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Writing in the research process understanding classic style . Not attached apparently effortless examples: classic. Thomas jefferson: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights . Aj liebling: the prize fighter is as reluctant as the next artist to recognize his disintegration. Blaise pascal: to present truth is to have it believed. : not classic. Jeremy bentham: having, without the form, the force of assumption . Writer conveys a thought process or an experience classic style: only the truth that was learned matters. thoughts and experiences are only relevant as examples of the truth being conveyed. Defining the styles: stances of classic style: 1. truth truth is evident and should be presented as such, 2. presentation. Prose is a window it neither invents nor distorts. No hesitating, backtracking, or hedging unless they are absolutely essential to the main issue every word counts.
