Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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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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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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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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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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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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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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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We 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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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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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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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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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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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.
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