tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post5184678075627091638..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: Hume on MonksBucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-19908811433127829892013-08-31T13:05:59.172-07:002013-08-31T13:05:59.172-07:00"The monks ... lived remote from public affai..."The monks ... lived remote from public affairs, considered the civil transactions as entirely subordinate the ecclesiastical, and, besides partaking of the ignorance and barbarity which were then universal, were strongly infected with credulity, with the love of wonder, and with a propensity to imposture..."<br /><br />Feh! Today they'd all belong to the Tea Party.<br /><br />Crankily,<br />The New York CrankThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.com