Was philosopher David Hume the foremost enemy of liberty?
Both the libertarians and the Austrians (Austrian Economics) revere Hume.
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- 3Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 8 months agoNo, Hume was not even close to the foremost enemy of liberty. He is light years behind a long list of dictators. The enemies of liberty vastly outnumber liberty's proponents.| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
- 3Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 8 months agoWhere do you think they came from?| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 1Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 8 months agoLiberty's enemies aren't well read enough to have even heard of Hume. They pursue their dictatorships in their own self-interest ... at the expense of ours.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 3Posted by conscious1978 9 years, 8 months ago'Liberty's' enemies don't have to be well read enough to have read Hume. They just have to accept the popularized premises of those who did.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
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-- 2Posted by Mamaemma 9 years, 8 months agoBut doesn't the philosophy that a society deems to be true have a big effect on that society, i.e., politics follows culture, which follows philosophy.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
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- 2Posted by Mamaemma 9 years, 8 months agoReally interesting. I will need to read a couple of more times. I wish I knew more about all this, but philosophy has always intimidated me; to be more accurate, most of it has seemed to be mush. But this was interesting.| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
- 2Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 8 months agoProbably because it is impossible to explain rationally a philosopher who is pushing irrationalism.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 2Posted by Mamaemma 9 years, 8 months agoGood point! I would bet that made writing the article difficult. Excellent content for the Gulch.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 1Posted by dbhalling 9 years, 8 months agoThanks It is why I think Hume is potentially worse than Kant - he is more understandable.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
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