Last time I was in Edinburgh, I took my picture with this big statue of Hume. I'm going back in early April and I'll get a digital version. I'll even get one slightly out of focus for you, Frank.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/30/2006 8:09:16 AM >>> On 3/29/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would hesitate to say, however, that Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, > Descartes, Kant, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Wittgenstein, Russell, Arendt, > Sartre, Camus (my personal fave) ought to have their work dismissed. > I may disagree with some of them, I may not understand some of them > <g>, but what they've said is still worthy of consideration, IMHO. As I was commuting home last night, I realized that I forgot to mention one of my favourite philosophers, David Hume. Now as I peruse my list, I notice that I didn't mention any of the British Empiricists, so if I'm going to mention Hume, I should also mention Berkeley and Locke. No slight intended towards any of our British listers. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
