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.
DAVID HUMEBut the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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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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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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But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
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In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent cover than if it were exposed in open daylight to the eyes of all the world.
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.
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I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.
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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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A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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