Hume's Hume - A Great Essay

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There's no rules to this shit. It could be, it could work out that you're in your pursuit of virtue, you end up being happy. But on the other hand, remember elsewhere. There's going to be people who are not virtuous in a lot of different ways and yet are more liked and happier,. Like live maybe even a more fulfilling life. By the way, because I had to, this is tuberculosis and dropsy is like edema, like swelling of the very 18th century. Add some gout in there. Yeah.

David and Tamler gild and stain David Humeâ€™s essay â€œThe Scepticâ€ with their sentiments. If nothing is inherently valuable or despicable, desirable or hateful, then what do philosophers have to offer when it comes to happiness? If reason is powerless, does it all come down to our emotions and â€œhumoursâ€? Or does the study of philosophy and liberal arts naturally lead to a fulfilling and virtuous life? Plus we look at a new non-traditional social psych paper on how we always imagine that things could be better, and tip our caps to the queen of handling Twitter pile-ons (and former VBW guest) â€“ Candy Mom.