Episode 249: Phlegm and Carelessness (Hume's "The Sceptic")
Very Bad Wizards
The Happiest Disposition of Mind Is the Virtuous
Hume wrote that the happiest disposition of mind is the virtuous. He also said one passion or humor may be extremely desirable while another is equally disagreeable. The more charitable way of understanding what he's trying to say is, you know, ironically a little bit kind of similar to the stoic view where you want to be less vulnerable to the contingencies of fate and fortune.
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