To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
DAVID HUMEWe make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.
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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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Epicurus’s old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence evil?
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The Crusades – the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.
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How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression?
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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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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 truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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