ERNING THE DISPUTE BETWEEN MR. HUME THE fimple Enthufiaft is a quiet and harm- 312 See the following No. 313 This No is part of a Letter to the Hon. Mr. Horace Walpac, published at the end of 1766, 12mo. but is in θεσιών ir ng mean enough to affect poA proud to be relieved, expe So ferve, without disgusting reft, this of advertising a e, contrived by Mr. Da 301 ciety, fo ufelul about precede understanding Hume and to you, Occa do nor Mence almost alw The term to the Religion by Mr. Hume. 3429 confider, how appeared to Flairaut, of at gentleobliged, , pour Imed ures Religionist, I know, is the glory of God; the Philo for the glory of himself. But trifling; apparent furely, not real. bottom is the principle of action; and the one may clamour for Religion, an other for Virtue 314, yet the glory of himself is t great object of both. But I will not contend: let the Religionift, if you pleafe, walk firft. It would grieve one, that two members of So at 314 Mr. Rouleau is fo paffionate an admirer of Virtue, "that his eyes always fparkle at the bare mention of that "word." So at least he relates of himself. Account of the Dispute between Mr. Hume and Mr. Rouffeau, by Mr. Hume, P. 63. motives. We are far from meaning to depreciate Mr. Hume, or to impute to him any thing falfely: yea, the time was, when we defended him from falfe imputations 32. Our aim in this, as well as the foregoing No, is only to discountenance thofe extravagant eloges, fo frequently and fo blindly given to an imagined perfection, which human nature, when cultivated in the beft and happieft manner, never was, nor ever will be, able to attain. LXXXVII. CONCERNING THE DISPUTE BETWEEN MR. HUME AND MR. ROUSSEAU 313. HE fimple Enthufiaft is a quiet and harm THE lefs creature. He fees vifions, and he dreams dreams; but he keeps thefe vifions and dreams to himself, and enjoys the comfort of them in filent meditation. The Fanatic is ever reftlefs and turbulent; and, though a dreamer as well as the Enthufiaft, is not however content, like him, with what paffes within himself, 312 See the following No. 313 This No is part of a Letter to the Hon. Mr. Horace Walpac, published at the end of 1766, 12mo. but is impatient to rage and riot abroad: povos ἐνθεσιῶν, ἀλλὰ βακχευειν. Society muft intereft itfelf in favour of his reveries; nor is it too much for their fake, even to disturb the public peace. Enthusiasm and Fanaticism are, both of them, a mixture of Folly and Madness; and for the latter, if dishonesty and rancour be not of its effence, they are at least confiftent with it, and almost always found to tincture it very ftrongly. The term Fanatic has ufually been applied to the Religionist, when disordered, and not in his right mind: may it not, under the fame circumstances, fuit as well the Philofopher? The Religionist, I know, is fuppofed to do all for the glory of God; the Philofopher, to act only for the glory of himself. But the difference is trifling; apparent furely, not real. Self at the bottom is the principle of action; and however the one may clamour for Religion, and the other for Virtue "'4, yet the glory of himself is the great object of both. But I will not contend: let the Religionift, if you pleafe, walk first. It would grieve one, that two members of So 314 314 Mr. Rouleau is fo paffionate an admirer of Virtue, "that his eyes always fparkle at the bare mention of that "word." So at least he relates of himself. Account of the Difpute between Mr. Hume and Mr. Rouffeau, by Mr. Hume, P. 63. ciety, fo useful and fo amiable, should quarret about precedency: Thefe reflections owe their birth to the mif understanding, which hath arifen between Mr. Hume and Mr. Rouffeau; and they are addreffed to you, Sir, because you are fuppofed to have occafioned it by the flippancy of your wit. I do not believe, that you were even the innocent occafion of this fracas. Dark fufpicions and tormenting jealoufies had plainly occupied the imagination of Mr. Rouffeau, before your Letter was written; and a quarrel must have happened, if it had never been written: The firft intimation of thefe fufpicions from Mr. Rousseau himself appears in his letter to Mr. Hume of March 22, 1766; wherein we read, as follows. The affair of the carriage is not yet adjufted, because I know I was im"posed on it is a trifling fault however, "which may be only the effect of an obliging vanity, unless it fhould happen to be repeat"ed. If you were concerned in it, I would advife you to give up, once for all, thefe "little impofitions, which cannot proceed from "any good motive, when converted into fnares "for fimplicity 35. Simplicity indeed? If Mr. Rouffeau's be fimplicity, it is of a new and very peculiar kind.-Well: but what were thefe fnares for fimplicity? Why truly; 31 Difpute, p. 14. Mr. |