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Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upon the province of grammarians; and to engage in disputes of words, while they imagine that they are handling controversies of the deepest importance and concern

David Hume

The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Foundation Man Science
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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Book Deep Learning Philosophy
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
Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
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Alone Man Passion Philosophy Result Temper Thing Understand
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
Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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Destruction Fingers Reason World
But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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Animal Deep Great Important Life Man Philosophy Universe
Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Freedom Liberty Lost One Liner
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
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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Action End Philosophy Power Product
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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Life Man Worth
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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Believe Deep Examine Philosophy
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak

Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upon the province of grammarians; and to engage in disputes of words, while they imagine that they are handling controversies of the deepest importance and concern

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