PHILOSOPHY - David Hume
The School of Life・2 minutes read
David Hume prioritized feelings over rationality, advocating for educating emotions to foster benevolence and patience and challenging religious beliefs based on reason. He championed common sense and emphasized the cultivation of good habits of feeling, like benevolence and sympathy, over academic niceties to lead a good life.
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- David Hume highlighted the dominance of emotions over reason in human decision-making, advocating for an acknowledgment of feelings to achieve a more peaceful and fulfilling existence.
- Hume's philosophy emphasized the importance of cultivating benevolence and patience through emotional education, challenging traditional beliefs through passion-based communication and prioritizing common-sense ethics for a virtuous life.
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Who was David Hume?
A philosopher and writer from the 18th century.
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