PHILOSOPHY - David Hume

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“The 18th-century writer David Hume is one of the world’s great philosophical voices because he hit upon a key fact about human nature: that we are more influenced by our feelings than by reason. This is, at one level, possibly a great insult to our self-image, but Hume thought that if we could learn to deal well with this surprising fact, we could be (both individually and collectively) a great deal calmer and happier than if we denied it...”

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[drewcampbell]

My favourite quote of Hume's: "I'm prepared to accept the idea of a great deity, I just don't understand why He requires our constant applause!"

[narentalk]

"Trying to be rational everytime is a special kind of madness"
Be your philosopher, but amidst of all your philosophy, be man. WOW.

[blueguitarghost]

He criticises logic and reason, while using logic and reason.
And it is still beautiful.

[AlexRider]

This is the first philosopher I know of that died happily. That must speak for something.

[tiaandeswardt]

He sounds like the ultimate pragmatists, aware of the futility of much of what he is doing, yet still doing it. He was probably a philosopher free from any illusions of grandeur, and I respect that.

[MihaiRUdeRO]

I can't even begin to explain how much I appreciate these videos...

[yellow.]

Basically a great thinker that didn't abandon his humanity. Huge respect

[Chrnalis]

These Philosopher guys are pretty smart

[yashowardhankashive]

David Hume is the kind of person that you would want as your best friend!

[uneedtherapy]

that quote at about 6:47 is literally how I have felt about my entire life. Thanks David for crystallizing what I could have never said as eloquently as you.

[Dzindzer]

this has to be my favorite philosopher you've covered

[kevinm]

If people knew about their own feelings and learned how to control them and not be impulsive there wouldn’t be so many problems in the world. Thats why i feel philosophy of the human nature is something people need to be aware of

[aditiparmar]

"Trying to be rational about everything is a special kind of madness".
WHOA.😍

[Moranah]

I really like this way of thinking, and it acknowledges a feeling I have had for a while now. When I was younger I looked up to elderly people (say 30+), thinking they where more emotionally mature, and where more or less free from emotional descisions, and who had their rationale in control. When I was around 20 I still had that feeling; once you're around 30 you must be mature, and don't have people around you making rushed decisions based on emotion. Now that I"m 26 I see that nothing has changed for me in the last 4-5 years or so, and if I look at people of 30+, 40+ etc., I still see the same emotional responses, the lack of self control, envious and childish bullshit. They are very much like any 22 year old, except they have a morgage, a steady office job and one or two kids.
Bottomline; untill a certain age you are more prone to emotional decisions, but after that, it's basically the same for the rest of your life I guess, which means everybody is still very emotionaly driven and not nearly as rational as everybody pretends (or even perceives for them selves) to be.

[PC.NickRowan]

You know what I always find amusing? How some of the greatest thinkers of the world who were also people who connected well with the common people, world around them and genuinely wanted to help others (Orwell, Nietzsche, Hume etc.), were also people who hated academics and universities etc.

[fahimehnazarian]

I have adult ADHD and because of that it's hard for men to focus and read books. your video was really helpful and informative. Thank you for your time to create that.

[GwenPL]

He is probably the father of emotional intelligence

[kittykitty]

Thank you very much for your beyond quality content. I grew to love this channel with a passion.

[uanip]

Hume was the man. I love how he was smart AF and still chose to live among the people and did so happily. His last days are so inspirational. Now that’s a philosopher to follow 💕💕💕

[danielbalgobin]

This thing about Hume is that not only did he share his philosophical ideas with the world but believed them enough to actually live by his own philosophy. This I believe is what sets him apart and why more people should adopt his way of life. If a man is willing to die by his own ideas then i'd be willing to at least give them a corner of thought.