Self-Love or Diffidence? Malebranche and Hume on the Love of Fame

Hume’s discussion of pride and sympathy in the Treatise shows direct engagement with Malebranche’s discussion of ‘imitation’ in the Search. For Malebranche, imitation—both of passions and belief—and our tendency to judge ourselves by comparison, generate the passion of pride or grandeur, which plays...

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Main Author: Julie Walsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aperio 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Modern Philosophy
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Online Access:https://jmphil.org/article/id/2075/
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