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Uncommon card · History
Adam Ferguson, an Uncommon card
Adam Ferguson, also known as Ferguson of Raith, was a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Adam Ferguson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Adam Ferguson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable, and unconcerned for their ______.
Answer
community. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable, and unconcerned for their community. From the Adam Ferguson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Pandharpur Assembly constituency. Pandharpur Assembly constituency 71 · Adam Ferguson 66 · Ali Akbar Salehi 63 · M-56 Howitzer 60 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty.
- He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable, and unconcerned for their community.
- Ferguson has been called "the father of modern sociology" for his contributions to the early development of the discipline.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Adam Ferguson article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Adam Ferguson
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Adam Ferguson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
