Episode 249: Phlegm and Carelessness (Hume's "The Sceptic")
Very Bad Wizards
Is There a Virtue in Being Good?
A sense of shame in an imperfect character is certainly a virtue, but produces great uneasiness and remorse from which the abandoned villain is entirely free. A person of such imbecility of temper as easily broken by affliction is more unhappy for being in dad with a generous and friendly disposition with gifts. And so then, like, I take the real conclusion to be here, like in a word, human life is more governed by fortune than by reason. It's if nothing matters, then that doesn't matter either, you know? Right?"
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