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| Thursday, 23 August 2007 | |
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David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-Revolution by Laurence L. Bongie and Donald W. Livingston It is appropriate to have a book about David Hume on our bookshelf, since he died this week (25 August, to be exact) back in 1776. A huge skeptic concerning any fanciful theories of philosophers and (especially) theologians, Hume practiced a philosophy of common sense. An ounce of evidence of our eyes and ears was worth more than a pound of any theory. It could cut through the most convoluted arguments and get us down to the basic principles by which we can understand ourselves and the world. And as the authors show, the same approach cuts through the most fanciful political theories too, leaving us with an appreciation of the natural, liberal social order – and the most profound skepticism of those revolutionaries who would have us believe that the world of their own creation could be so much better. Buy it here , from the Adam Smith bookshop.
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