Episode 249: Phlegm and Carelessness (Hume's "The Sceptic")
Very Bad Wizards
Is There a Remedy in Philosophy?
You can almost feel him being like, well, I have to end this on it's like Ecclesiastes is appended at the end with like this happy little note. This was the part that struck me the most as contrasting the strong claim that he's making within the sort of what seems like a backtrack. He reaps no satisfaction, but from low and central objects, or from the indulgence of malignant passions; he feels no remorse to control his vicious inclinations. For my part, I know not how I should address myself to such a one, or by what argument I should endeavor to reform him.
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