Hello. So yeah I am going to take advantage of this bonus
blog considering I did not do the other one for Hume so *thank you* to the
powers that be for this small blessing.
I read a little bit of Hume my first semester here in
Philosophy 101 with Dr. Mashburn and I’ll be honest, I am just as confused as I
was the first time. When I said in one of my previous posts that philosophy makes
my head hurt, I was not kidding. I went to bed with a headache last night. I
can completely support learning and learning to think on one’s own and all that
jazz but honestly, I believe that sometimes we are not supposed to understand
some things. We see support of this in Ecclesiastes 11:5 and in Isaiah 55:8-9.
I am all about community and coming together to talk about different things with
other people for better understanding and for different views, but I am not all
about pointless arguments. Some people are only here to cause problems and scruples,
and arguing with those people is pointless. 2 Timothy 2:14 says, “Remind them
of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which
does no good, but only ruins the hearers.” The majority of this book is
Cleanthes, Philo, and Demea arguing about this, that, and the other concerning
God and religion and no agreement was made except to agree to disagree, which
is perfectly fine, most arguments do end like that. I cannot help but think if
this book didn’t hurt more than it helped, though. I guess I am wrong in this
conclusion since we still read the book today. But that is ok, I can walk away
saying I learned a thing or two anyway.
What do you guys think?
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