Ideas and Insights - Ep. 05

In his latest book, The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well, published by Princeton University Press last year, eminent philosopher, Dr. Julian Baggini, offers an insightful account of Hume’s philosophy and his persona. He argues Hume was an original thinker who, unlike others of his ilk, did not allow his prodigious scholarship to obscure his humanism. Dr. Baggini posits that not only was Hume a first-rate philosopher, he was also an unparalleled exemplar of the good life. Far from being a stodgy sophist, Hume was a bon vivant. He loved company, good food,
spirits, and friendly banter.