I concur with those sentiments complètement! Oh là là.

I will let the ladies speak to your, as it were, outer beauty. Assessing this sort of thing is not my specialty. But I will say that this photo does, in its way, illuminate your moral character. The glare of your goodness, she is so bright I had to shield my eyes.

M. Diderot, you have articulated exactly my own thoughts—almost as if you were reading my mind. I might add, though, that in my case the glare of your goodness, David, was so overwhelming that I literally could not look at the picture. But even so, I knew that it was you. No one else's picture could fill my heart with such joy and rapture!

MM. Diderot and Holbach have stated what I, too, feel in my heart. In fact, I believe it is safe to say that we speak for all of France in this appraisal of your picture and its larger significance. There is a reason, after all, that here you are known only as Le Bon David.

The infatuation you French people have with David Hume is a complete and utter mystery to me. I'm sorry, David, though I think you already know how I feel about you. I think I put it best when I wrote of you: "His Face was broad and fat, his Mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of Imbecility" (source). Many Englishmen and Scotsmen share this assessment. It seems to me quite clear that a man of such an appearance ought to be universally condemned.

Thanks for all the nice words on the pix, everyone! James, I am far too modest to attempt to defend myself against your harsh accusations. The fact that you remain my FB friend alone speaks volumes about my character.

I must, however, point out the fallacy in your final sentence. Let us grant the Truth of your physical description of me. For that, you suggest that I "ought to be universally condemned"? My problem here is not, as you may suppose, that this represents an inference from my physical appearance to a claim about my character. That is vulgar, of course, but not a logical fallacy.

No, my problem is that this represents a move from a (supposed) Factual claim, an assertion about what is the case (namely, my appearance), to a Normative claim—an assertion about what all should do (namely, condemn me). That is impermissible, as I have famously shown in my writings. Examine the facts all you want, you will never find in them a warrant for any moral obligation whatsoever. That is to say, one cannot derive an "ought" from an "is."

And for attempting to do so, you should be condemned, dear James—not morally, but logically.