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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.

David Hume

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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Care Design Purpose Stupidity Think
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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Beauty Contemplate Exist Mind Thing
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Passion Reason Slave
The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Foundation Man Science
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
no 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.
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Deep Establish False Kind Miracle Philosophy Sufficient
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
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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Deep Philosophy Possible Thing
Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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Argument Force Government Politics Revolution
Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
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Afford Alone Attention Care Reason
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
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
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
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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Deep Imagination Important Philosophy War Word
No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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Life Man Worth

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