Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
DAVID HUMEBe a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
More David Hume Quotes
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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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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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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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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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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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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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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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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
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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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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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