Wednesday, April 9, 2008

A Polite Conversation Between Burke, Locke, and Hume.

Stephen sent me this link a few weeks ago. It's an animated conversation between Burke, Locke, and Hume. My first thoughts on my thesis were inspired by Burke's "Prologue in Heaven" - the epilogue to Rhetoric of Religion - in which Satan and The Lord discuss (in dramatic form) the giving of language to humans. I thought how interesting it would be to see it performed, and from there emerged the idea of bringing theorists together at a round table discussion, a la Meeting Of Minds. But, as is apparent from this video, the possibility of tediousness is high unless one already has a very deep understanding of the theories these men are known for. Hmmm....what next?

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