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Philosophical Melancholy and Delirium: Hume's Pathology of Philosophy

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Title: Philosophical Melancholy and Delirium: Hume's Pathology of Philosophy
by Donald W. Livingston
ISBN: 0-226-48717-2
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date: June, 1998
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $25.00
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Rating: 5
Summary: Not your grandfather's David Hume
Comment: This is an extremely stimulating and interesting rereading of Hume's works. Departing from the standard reading of Hume as a proto-logical positivist, Livingston draws out the points of connection between Hume and the ancient conception of philosophy as a way of life, as well as other thinkers, such as Vico, Gadamer, Oakeshott, and Wittgenstein, who were skeptical of the Enlightenment's tendencies toward abstract "rationalism." In the process, Livingston shows how Hume would have responded to some of the postmodern age's more egregious folly. Admittedly, this book could have used some pruning, for Livingston makes many of the same points over and over again. Moreover, Livingston uses Humean claims to defend the South's secession during the Civil War, a questionable use of Hume to say the least. But the work as a whole repays rereading and contemplation, and it'll definitely encourage you to read "le bon David" with a fresh eye.

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