“Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other.”
— David Hume
Author: David Hume
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Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the
“Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.”
— David Hume
Author: David Hume
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The corruption of the best things gives
“The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.”
— David Hume
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Human Nature is the only science of
“Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.”
— David Hume
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Belief is nothing but a more vivid,
“Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.”
— David Hume
Author: David Hume
Category: imagination
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There is a very remarkable inclination in
“There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it.”
— David Hume
Author: David Hume
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Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species
“Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.”
— David Hume
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The Christian religion not only was at
“The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.”
— David Hume
Author: David Hume
Category: religion
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This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and
“This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.”
— David Hume
Author: David Hume
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There is not to be found, in
“There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves.”
— David Hume
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Category: education
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Nothing endears so much a friend as
“Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.”
— David Hume
Author: David Hume
Category: death
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