David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… of the Works of David Hume (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), vol. 1, p. 206 (Book II, Part I, Section XI ‘Of the Love of Fame’). 6 . Ryu Susato, Hume’s Sceptical Enlightenment (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015), p. 112. It … humour, capable of attachment, but little susceptible of enmity, and of great moderation in all my passions. Even my love of literary fame, my ruling passion, never soured my temper, notwithstanding my frequent disappointments’ ( Life of … [sic] as a man of letters is melancholy nonsense. It is not flattery when I assure you that you are more universally loved by all ranks of people than any man I ever knew, & I never met with any person who could pretend to any degree of …
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