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| David Hume |
Lord Charlemont said of Hume: ‘Nature, I believe, never formed any man
more unlike his real character than David Hume … The powers of
physiognomy were baffled by his countenance; neither could the most
skilful in that science pretend to discover the smallest trace of the
faculties of his mind in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face
was broad and fat, his mouth wide and without any other expression than
that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence
of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a
turtle-eating alderman than of a refined philosopher’
"Su cara era amplia y gorda, su boca ancha y sin otra expresión que la de la imbecilidad. Sus ojos vacíos y sin espíritu y la corpulencia de su persona eran mucho más apropiados para comunicar la idea de un concejal que comiera carne de tortuga que la de un refinado filósofo".
Esa, por lo visto, era la apariencia de uno de los hombres más inteligentes de su época.
Esa, por lo visto, era la apariencia de uno de los hombres más inteligentes de su época.
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