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Will Wilkinson on Hume and the refinement of tastes

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Michael Giberson

Michael Giberson

“So, yeah, Hume’s being a supercilious jerk, too.”

Yes, the above remark, from near the end of Wilkinson’s post, Taste, was amusing. But it wasn’t that remark, it was the whole of the post and the way he wrapped it up that led me to burst out laughing.

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