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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.

David Hume

Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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Deep Man Philosophy
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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Care Design Purpose Stupidity Think
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Believe Evidence Man One Liner Wise
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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Condition Exist Philosophy Return
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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Deep Philosophy Possible Thing
The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Foundation Man Science
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
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Alone Arrogant Man Mistake Passion Secure
It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity.
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Culture Different Direction Fact Law Place Water
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning it origin in human nature.
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Attention Challenge Deep Foundation Human Important Philosophy Reason Religious
All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it.
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Always Conscious Man Real Reference Right
It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause
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Believe Deity God Human Low Passion Philosophy

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