Fiat Cinquecen-toe
David Hume's statue is on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. People rub his big toe in the hope that some of his intelligence will rub off on them.
I'd herd of him before, but only because of Monty Python's philosopher's song (David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel... I looked it up.) The statue looks like it's been there for a hundred years but it's nearly new - 1996 - and the sculptor is very much alive and sculpting!
Fiat Cinquecen-toe
David Hume's statue is on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. People rub his big toe in the hope that some of his intelligence will rub off on them.
I'd herd of him before, but only because of Monty Python's philosopher's song (David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel... I looked it up.) The statue looks like it's been there for a hundred years but it's nearly new - 1996 - and the sculptor is very much alive and sculpting!