… live with their fellow-citizens in that distant manner, which is peculiar to ignorant and barbarous nations.’ (Hume, ‘Of Refinement in the Arts’, vol. 1, 211) To Hume, solitude is a state to be avoided and even feared : ‘We can form no wish, … 47, n° 1, 2015), p. 197-213. In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology Of The Love of Fame (1734) Of National Characters (1748) Of Refinement in the Arts (1777) … David Hume was a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and an active participant …