tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post491088070552522676..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: THE MORNING AFTERRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-75490966090858698142019-11-07T16:25:33.250-05:002019-11-07T16:25:33.250-05:00I would transpose, in reference to Dean's Comm...I would transpose, in reference to Dean's Comment, Ramsay's rendition of Hume "as described by a contemporary", thus: "Broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility...the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than that of an American President". jgkess@cfl.rr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-11409311197843587652019-11-07T01:01:14.405-05:002019-11-07T01:01:14.405-05:00Professor Wolff --
Before we get too excited abou...Professor Wolff --<br /><br />Before we get too excited about the gubernatorial Kentucky win, please read this NYT op-ed:<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/opinion/beshear-kentucky-governor-election.html<br /><br />Now, not to be a downer, here in Philadelphia we have continued our progressive winning streak. Most significant was the win by Kendra Brooks of an At-Large City Council seat. Significant, since she is a member of the fledgling Working Families Party. Read the Philadelphia Inquirer coverage here:<br /><br />https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/philly-city-council-at-large-kendra-brooks-working-families-party-republicans-20191106.html<br /><br />-- JimJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00826600172627425879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-57400324624509844432019-11-06T22:49:14.565-05:002019-11-06T22:49:14.565-05:00PS That should have been 'unremarkabilityPS That should have been 'unremarkability<br /> Charles Pigdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01131765562671298571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-1553535425549823962019-11-06T22:45:04.359-05:002019-11-06T22:45:04.359-05:00Speaking as an amateur artist who has had a crack...Speaking as an amateur artist who has had a crack at Hume, I would say this. Hume is difficult to draw. He was not ugly but in fact mildly handsome underneath the fat. But the most remarkable feature of his face it its unremarkably. There are no strong lines and the lines that there are are blurred by fat. Consequently you have to achieve your effects by smudging on grey with a very soft pencil and then using a kneadable eraser to restore contours and highlights. It's hard work. <br /><br />He also had a habit (especially after dinner) of staring vacantly not space which got him into trouble with Rousseau. <br /><br />On Sondland. He's definitely an ugly fellow but straight-arrow Vindman is no oil-painting either. Porky and undistinguished-looking. A bit like Hume I guess. <br />Charles Pigdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01131765562671298571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-391235536065342372019-11-06T19:13:01.471-05:002019-11-06T19:13:01.471-05:00How can you say that about douce Davie?
https://w...How can you say that about douce Davie?<br /><br />https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz_photos/statue-of-david-hume-edinburgh?select=oyIB5eY7iwFVrHHoqgtrbQR McDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-70448222491142252362019-11-06T17:11:06.502-05:002019-11-06T17:11:06.502-05:00"Ramsay has faithfully recorded Hume’s physic..."Ramsay has faithfully recorded Hume’s physical appearance, which was described by a contemporary as: 'broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility…the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than of a refined philosopher.'"<br />https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/60610/david-hume-1711-1776-historian-and-philosopher-1754<br /><br />Deannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-16025572677773121102019-11-06T17:10:07.069-05:002019-11-06T17:10:07.069-05:00Regarding Democrats winning “the suburbs” — I reca...Regarding Democrats winning “the suburbs” — I recall in 2018 reading some analysis (don’t remember where) to the effec that most Americans now live in suburban-like housing arrangements, and when we speak of Democratic strength (and T***p weakness) in “the suburbs,” what we’re really talking about are the upscale suburbs. So the parts of town where there’s a Pottery Barn, this commentator said. What was also heartening was seeing Beshear win in those eastern “coal districts” of Kentucky that used to be heavily Democratic. I am confident that Sanders could do well there too. Ed Barrerashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245166137503830356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-63652184298801700662019-11-06T16:30:40.793-05:002019-11-06T16:30:40.793-05:00In D.C., the big election news is Virginia: the De...In D.C., the big election news is Virginia: the Democrats finally flipped both the State Senate and the House of Delegates and also control all five state-wide elective offices: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and both US Senate seats. After forty years of voting Republican in presidential elections--from Nixon in 1968 to Bush in 2004--it voted for Obama twice and Clinton last time. Seven of its 11 House seats are now held by Democrats. Since the Bush administration, Virginia has moved steadily from solidly Red to Purple to solidly Blue. Maybe there is a God.David Palmeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895092366685079046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-46785002250797368722019-11-06T15:36:20.082-05:002019-11-06T15:36:20.082-05:00I was searching for a quote I couldn't quite r...I was searching for a quote I couldn't quite recall, from a contemporary of Hume who described him as "well-fed" (I think), among other things. I was not successful, but I did find this, on Hume's Wikiquote page:<br /><br />"Today, at any leading American university, a Kant, with all his dithering about God, freedom, and immortality, or even a Hume, wouldn't survive a year in graduate school, much less get hired as an instructor."<br />-Tom Wolfe, In the Land of the Rococo Marxists, Harpers, June 2000<br /><br />All I can say is: Um...what?Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-45698331506042220192019-11-06T15:11:52.581-05:002019-11-06T15:11:52.581-05:00Hmm, James Boswell had plenty of denigrating thing...Hmm, James Boswell had plenty of denigrating things to say about the looks of Gibbon and Goldsmith---even of Johnson too, but I don't recall him saying anything similarly snarky about Hume. Hume was a known (or at least suspected) infidel, but then so was Gibbon, yet devout as Boswell was, he reserved his ire only for Gibbon. Hume, ofcourse was a fellow Scotsman---perhaps enough said. Boswell records Johnson's remark about the clannishness of the Scots, as opposed to the Irish, "No, Sir, the Irish are a fair people, they never speak well of one another".jgkess@cfl.rr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-87910236341540213822019-11-06T14:52:32.814-05:002019-11-06T14:52:32.814-05:00David Hume had the most powerful, penetrating inte...David Hume had the most powerful, penetrating intellect of the 18th century? What about Kant?Ridiculousicculushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510818301579270010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-64698869931620653262019-11-06T13:52:13.787-05:002019-11-06T13:52:13.787-05:00If turnout is key then only Bernie or Warren would...If turnout is key then only Bernie or Warren would be able to save us.<br /><br /><br />Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566575038825699112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-67865349865466501352019-11-06T13:20:21.456-05:002019-11-06T13:20:21.456-05:00I love the word “gubernatorial”. There’s hope for ...I love the word “gubernatorial”. There’s hope for the human race so long as our languages have such lovely, absurd, hilarious freaks.Ecrasez L’Infamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290795276161051911noreply@blogger.com