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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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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