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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2025 · 17 MIN

"Coldness & Desertion of the Spirit": Hume's Dark Night of the Soul

from The Mad Genius Thesis · host Mnemosyne Media

Was David Hume’s philosophical genius shaped by his battles with doubt and melancholy? In this episode of The Mad Genius Thesis, we explore David Hume: A Biography by Ernest Campbell Mossner, examining how Hume’s skepticism, emotional struggles, and intellectual defiance influenced his groundbreaking ideas. Despite early career failures and periods of deep introspection, Hume’s writings on human nature, reason, and perception reshaped philosophy and inspired generations of thinkers. Did his struggles with self-doubt and societal rejection fuel his creativity, or was his genius a triumph over the very uncertainties he spent his life dissecting?🎙✨ #MadGenius #DavidHume #CreativityAndMelancholy #TheMadGeniusThesis #PhilosophyAndMentalHealth #SkepticismAndGenius #HumeAndCreativity

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