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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.

David Hume

To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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Believe History Philosophy Religious
We should never know how to adjust means to ends, or to employ our natural powers in the production of any effect. There would be an end at once of all action, as well as of the chief part of speculation.
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Action End Philosophy Power Product
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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Care Design Purpose Stupidity Think
Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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Destruction Fingers Reason World
When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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Death Destroy Mental
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Foundation Man Science
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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Infinite Philosophy Satisfy
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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Different Man Perspective Success
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.
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Compare Haunt Passion Philosophy Pride Sympathy
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
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Obey Passion Reason Serve Slave
It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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Life Man Worth
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
The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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Greedy Philosophy Wonder
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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Bad Deep Good Heaven Hell Man Philosophy Religious
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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Gain Man Music Victory War
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
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
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Excellent Happiness Himself Philosophy Situation Temper
Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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Condition Exist Philosophy Return
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Believe Evidence Man One Liner Wise
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
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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Beauty Contemplate Exist Mind Thing
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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