Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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
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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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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 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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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
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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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Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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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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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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