Category: Virtue ethics Epistemic status: Core Stoic teachings. In 1739, David Hume released “A Treatise of Human Nature”. Here’s a passage from the book: ”In every system of morality, which I have hitherto met with, I have always remarked, that the author proceeds for some time in the ordinary way of reasoning, and establishes the being of a God, or makes observations concerning human affairs; when of a sudden I am surprised to find, that instead of the usual copulations of propositions,
The Discipline of Assent
The Discipline of Assent
The Discipline of Assent
Category: Virtue ethics Epistemic status: Core Stoic teachings. In 1739, David Hume released “A Treatise of Human Nature”. Here’s a passage from the book: ”In every system of morality, which I have hitherto met with, I have always remarked, that the author proceeds for some time in the ordinary way of reasoning, and establishes the being of a God, or makes observations concerning human affairs; when of a sudden I am surprised to find, that instead of the usual copulations of propositions,