Hume of the Week – What Seems, Isn’t
Given the last few weeks, and the last 9 or 10 years of Australian and US politics, this Hume of the Week seems on point. It also captures a large part of how I view the world. No surprise Hume is up there as my favourite thinker.
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.”
Essay 8: Of Public Credit; Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1741)
In short, bullshit leads to bad things.
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Hume of the Week – Factions
Hume's 1741 view on faction fits nicely with contemporary intra-political party issues, and with concerns about the members of the political class. -
Hume of the Week
Following this statement from history-challenged and (thankfully) outgoing MP Steve Gibbons, I can only hope that everyone keeps Mr Hume’s comment in mind: It is seldom, that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1741) Essay 2 : Of the Liberty of the Press What is so depressing […]