Best Hume Poems

I thought it was a solid world
Teacher said there were three more 
States, something I could depend upon
The solid mass seemed sure

Been through water breaking waves
Fallen from a tree in liquid air
Of faith, saw stars as glistening thrones
Just bright balloons inflamed with heat

And yet a...

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The mind doesn't passively await impressions, no tabula rasa,
The mind is active, understanding, not just a passerby.
He had bete noire towards Christianity, a Scottish Nominalist,
David Hume, born in Edenborough, was a philosophical skeptic.
Born in 1711, died in 1776,
Two months after America’s Independence, a historical prolix.
Pride...

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The account of Descartes was redoubtable:
“I exist, since this thought is undoubtable.”
   Mister Hume peered inside,
   Said, “I see naught besides
Just my thoughts, so your logic is floutable.”...

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