A melancholy skeptic

Hume variously viewed the association of philosophy and melancholy in different stages of his development. In this essay I propose to follow this progress, beginning with his youthful belief that a philosophical life would shelter its pursuer from melancholy. In my hypothesis, for the mature Hume kn...

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Main Author: Lívia Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2003-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-512X2003000200003
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spelling doaj-215e43d4cc1a43deb8226bf2b7ff4b302020-11-24T20:59:38ZdeuUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisKriterion0100-512X2003-12-014410818019010.1590/S0100-512X2003000200003A melancholy skepticLívia GuimarãesHume variously viewed the association of philosophy and melancholy in different stages of his development. In this essay I propose to follow this progress, beginning with his youthful belief that a philosophical life would shelter its pursuer from melancholy. In my hypothesis, for the mature Hume knowledge in the broad sense of wide experience alone can ease melancholy states, while knowledge as narrow rational speculation proves itself untenable, as it triggers a state of melancholy despair in the agent.<br>Nas diversas fases de seu desenvolvimento, Hume associou diferentemente melancolia e filosofia. Nesse ensaio, proponho acompanhar seu progresso, começando pela crença juvenil de que uma vida filosófica preservaria o praticante da melancolia. Em minha hipótese, para o Hume maduro, apenas conhecimento no sentido amplo de vasta experiência se opõe a estados melancólicos, enquanto o conhecimento como estrita especulação racional se mostra irrealizável, ao provocar um estado de desespero melancólico no agente.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-512X2003000200003Humeceticismomelancolia
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title A melancholy skeptic
title_short A melancholy skeptic
title_full A melancholy skeptic
title_fullStr A melancholy skeptic
title_full_unstemmed A melancholy skeptic
title_sort melancholy skeptic
publisher Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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publishDate 2003-12-01
description Hume variously viewed the association of philosophy and melancholy in different stages of his development. In this essay I propose to follow this progress, beginning with his youthful belief that a philosophical life would shelter its pursuer from melancholy. In my hypothesis, for the mature Hume knowledge in the broad sense of wide experience alone can ease melancholy states, while knowledge as narrow rational speculation proves itself untenable, as it triggers a state of melancholy despair in the agent.<br>Nas diversas fases de seu desenvolvimento, Hume associou diferentemente melancolia e filosofia. Nesse ensaio, proponho acompanhar seu progresso, começando pela crença juvenil de que uma vida filosófica preservaria o praticante da melancolia. Em minha hipótese, para o Hume maduro, apenas conhecimento no sentido amplo de vasta experiência se opõe a estados melancólicos, enquanto o conhecimento como estrita especulação racional se mostra irrealizável, ao provocar um estado de desespero melancólico no agente.
topic Hume
ceticismo
melancolia
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