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HUME VS SPINOZA
Hume
1711–1776
What's true is what survives the test.
Spinoza
1632–1677
The eternal pattern beneath the changing surface.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Hume and Spinoza are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 7 / 10Hume: 0/10Spinoza: 7/10
sharply (7/10): Spinoza is more open to mystical or apophatic depths; Hume stays within what reason can name.
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 7 / 10Hume: 3/10Spinoza: 10/10
sharply (7/10): Spinoza reaches for universal moral principles; Hume weighs particular contexts more heavily.
- Trust in ReasonΔ 6 / 10Hume: 4/10Spinoza: 10/10
sharply (6/10): Spinoza trusts reasoned argument more strongly than Hume does.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Vital Affirmationgap 0 / 10Hume: 6/10Spinoza: 6/10
Both register moderate vital affirmation.
- Self as Illusiongap 1 / 10Hume: 7/10Spinoza: 6/10
Both register moderate self as illusion.
- Practical Orientationgap 1 / 10Hume: 7/10Spinoza: 6/10
Both register moderate practical orientation.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 4
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 1
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 2
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 7
- Practical OrientationΔ 1
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 3
- Self as IllusionΔ 1
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 4
- Sovereign SelfΔ 1
- Theoretical DriveΔ 2
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 3
- Trust in ReasonΔ 6
- Tragic VisionΔ 1
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 7
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 0
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