As a moderate, David Hume approached many things in life with a balanced point of view, taking both experience and theoretics into account. This healthy dose of scepticism made for great philosophy, but conformist politics with a lack of conviction. He felt that all men should be equal and free to enjoy the same luxuries, but in the end sided with the status quo; he concluded that dividing wealth more equally would throw society into chaos. Read full article here
Research
Researcher uses AI to make texts that are thousands of years old readable
The Gilgamesh Epic, the oldest work of world literature, has been brought back to life by LMU researchers in the Electronic Babylonian Literature project. Using their new Fragmentarium tool, they have discovered hundreds of manuscripts, including the most recent tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic which dates from 130 BC – thousands of years after the earliest known version. This shows how highly valued the Epic was, even at a late period. With the public release of the Fragmentarium, anyone can now explore the thousands of cuneiform fragments and explore the ancient Babylonian literature. Read full article here
Merv
March 12, 2023
