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 HUMEI never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.
More David Hume Quotes
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All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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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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When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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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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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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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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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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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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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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There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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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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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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