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But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

David Hume

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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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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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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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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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 difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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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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I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.
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Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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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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A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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The Crusades – the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.
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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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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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