Hume and Rousseau
Apr. 29th, 2006 11:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylToday's Guardian features an interesting extract from a book on the great falling out between Hume and Rousseau. I have to say, I feel a bit sorry for poor old JJ — the least Hume could have done was treat Rousseau's persecution complex with a certain amount of indulgence instead of slamming down on the guy.
Actually, the whole thing reminds me of a story about Philip K. Dick and his amphetamine fueled paranoia. This has it that PKD would be perfectly reasonable to visiting friends, only to call up the FBI and denounce them after their departure, something of which his friends remained unaware until after his death....
Actually, the whole thing reminds me of a story about Philip K. Dick and his amphetamine fueled paranoia. This has it that PKD would be perfectly reasonable to visiting friends, only to call up the FBI and denounce them after their departure, something of which his friends remained unaware until after his death....
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Date: 2006-04-29 04:26 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-04-30 12:08 pm (UTC)I think so. Actually, I like most of the Adams operas, although I'm not hugely fussed over I Was Looking at the Ceiling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Was_Looking_at_the_Ceiling_and_Then_I_Saw_the_Sky) and I've yet to listen to Doctor Atomic.
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Date: 2006-04-30 07:43 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-04-30 11:54 am (UTC)I thought I read it in a Guardian book review a few years back, but I can't seem to find it on the web, so I could be wrong.