Friday, November 12, 2010

David Hume on Eloquence and Understanding

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"Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding."

-David Hume

A BBC video on David Hume's theory of knowledge:

Primary Source: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume 

 

Secondary Source: Cambridge Companion to Hume by David Fate Norton and Jacqueline Taylor

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