tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post7456113580264037786..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: The Temptation of Present InterestDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-5281339081670084042007-06-28T22:46:00.000+01:002007-06-28T22:46:00.000+01:00At the age of 26, when he wrote his treatise, Hume...At the age of 26, when he wrote his treatise, Hume was in agreement with Plutarch and Cervantes. Plutarch wrote: "He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach" (<I>Morals</I>. "Of Garrulity"). Cervantes had the famous "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" in his <I>Don Quixote</I>, pt. I, bk. IV, ch. 4. Then there is Schopenhauer, who was bold enough to assert "There is more to be learnt from each page of David Hume than from the collected philosophical works of Hegel, Herbart, and Schleiermacher taken together" (The World as Will and Representation, vol. II, ch. XLVI).But he was speaking specifically of Hume's <I>Natural History of Religion</I> and <I>Dialogues on Natural Religion</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com