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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.

David Hume

All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
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
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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Happiness Read Think
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
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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Affection Feeling Heart Passion Philosophy
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Believe Evidence Man One Liner Wise
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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Believe Deity God Human Low Passion Philosophy
To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
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Appear History Mad Ordinary Philosophy
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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Deep Man Philosophy
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
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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Answer Deep Evil Old Question
I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.
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Decision Discover Miracle Myself Pronounce Weight
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
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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Age Appear Human Monument Nation
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
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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Culture Different Direction Fact Law Place Water

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