It's bad to be sensitive to events, which you mostly can't control, but good to be sensitive to e.g. works of art and conversation, which you mostly can. https://davidhume.org/texts/emp/dt
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The callow undergrads who tried to cancel Hume can't have derived as much pleasure from it as I have from reading his essays as a result. And I might never have done this if it hadn't been for them. So almost against my will my indignation is turning into gratitude.
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‘History was not a take of progress, but a succession of cycles in which civilisation alternated with barbarism. Hume expected no more than this. Perhaps for that reason, he has little influence.’ Straw Dogs by John Gray
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Another example of the Streisand Effect
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Hi Paul, What do the callow undergrads think? That the world owes 'em? They ignore what Nietzsche said, that the most beautiful art ishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdJ5e70Q8mw …
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If you found it surprising that someone in eighteenth century Europe believed such things, you might find it worthwhile to study more history. You'll learn a lot of other things you'll find surprising.
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