The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
DAVID HUMEI never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.
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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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It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause
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I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.
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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we’re talking about.
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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
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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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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
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The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters, drummers, and musicians of the army.
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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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Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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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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