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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.

David Hume

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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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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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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We should never know how to adjust means to ends, or to employ our natural powers in the production of any effect. There would be an end at once of all action, as well as of the chief part of speculation.
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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
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If subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.
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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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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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The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.
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The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters, drummers, and musicians of the army.
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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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