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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.

David Hume

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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It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
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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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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
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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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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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
If subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
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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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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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All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it.
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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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