I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.
DAVID HUMEI weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.
DAVID HUMEIt is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
DAVID HUMETo be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
DAVID HUMEIt is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause
DAVID HUMEWhere am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
DAVID HUMEAll sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it.
DAVID HUMEHe is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
DAVID HUMEWhen 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.
DAVID HUMEBut the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
DAVID HUMEBeauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
DAVID HUMETo philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
DAVID HUMERevolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
DAVID HUMEThe 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.
DAVID HUMEno testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.
DAVID HUMEThe bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
DAVID HUMEReading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
DAVID HUME