mustardgreen
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Also, there’s a statue of Hume in the center of Edinburgh where he looks emaciated and serious like the ancient philosophers looked, and I’ve always thought it was a funny statue, because it completely gets his character (and stature I’m guessing) wrong.
It's very funny writing, Batuman has a PHD in Russian Literature and she does a good job of giving a high-level overview.