...live a few years longer, I may have the satisfaction of seeing the downfal of some of the prevailing systems of superstition". But Charon would then lose...Get into the boat this instant, you lazy loitering rogue".'212 This story has been cited for what it reveals of Hume's character and composure in confronting...

...live a few years longer, I may have the satisfaction of seeing the downfal of some of the prevailing systems of superstition.' But Charon would then lose...rogue, that will not happen these many hundred years . . .'.' " tt3 'Of universal Benevolence', Moral Sentiments, 235-7. "4 This story has often been told:...

...live a few years longer, I may have the satisfaction of seeing the downfall of some of the prevailing systems of superstition." But Charon would then lose...the boat this instant, you lazy loitering rogue." But, though Mr. Hume always talked of his approaching dissolution with great cheerfulness, he never...

...live a few years longer, I may have the satisfaction of seeing the downfall of some of the prevailing systems of superstition'. But Charon would then lose...the boat this instant, you lazy loitering rogue'. But, though Mr Hume always talked of his approaching dissolution with great cheerfulness, he never...

...may have the satisfaction of seeing the downfall of some of the prevailing systems of superstitions.' But Charon would then lose all temper and decency....Get into the boat this instant, you lazy loitering rogue.'"104 If one's background assumption is that the timing and consequence of one's death is being...

...of themore prevailing systems of superstition." But then, says Hume, Charon would lose all patience, "You loitering rogue, that will not happen these many...you a lease for so long a term? Get into the boat, you lazy, loitering rogue." David Hume was right to predict that superstition would survive for hundreds...

...prevailing systems of superstition.' And Charon would then lose all temper and decency, and would cry out, 'You loitering rogue, that will not happen these many...Do you fancy I will grant you a lease for so long a time ? Get into the boat this instant.' " with the perfect serenity that springs from an honest and...

...live a few years longer, I may have the satisfaction of seeing the downfall of some of the prevailing systems of superstition." But Charon would then lose...Get into the boat this instant, you lazy loitering rogue."24 These remarks are very relevant to my discussion, from several points of view. First, they...

...live a few years longer, I may have the satisfaction of seeing the downfall of some of the prevailing systems of superstition." But Charon would then lose...the boat this instant, you lazy loitering rogue".' But, though Mr Hume always talked of his approaching dissolution with great cheerfulness, he never...