"I dine, I play a game of backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when after three or four hours' amusement, I would return to these speculations, they appear so cold, and strain'd, and ridiculous, that I cannot find in my heart to enter into them any farther."
David Hume on #PhilosopherProblems ?
Today's prompt apparently took me back to college philosophy class ??
#HumanNature #MOvember @Cinfhen
Cinfhen Sounds like a perfect day 5y
JennyM Lol...I love where these prompts take everyone! (edited) 5y
batsy @Cinfhen I could do with a day like that 😆 5y
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batsy @JennyM Haha! I was drawing a blank all day for this prompt until I was like, Wait what was that philosophy book with the words "human nature" in the title?!? ? 5y
Cathythoughts Nice one 👍🏻❤️back to philosophy class ..... 🤔ponder ponder 5y
batsy @Cathythoughts Much pondering indeed 😁 5y
merelybookish Nice one! And better than Hobbes and his "nasty, brutish, and short" which is all I remember from Philosophy 101. ? 5y
Billypar I love this quote: it's funny to imagine that Hume may have considered abandoning a now classic text after a few rounds of backgammon and merry making with friends 🤔🍾😃 5y
batsy @merelybookish Ha! I've never read Leviathan and I think I never will 😅 5y
batsy @Billypar Relatable, I have to say 😁 It's hard not to warm to a philosopher who understands that the pleasures of backgammon with friends might exert a greater hold than the labours of reason and thought 😆 5y
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