Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this… — David Hume Copy Share Image
As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“study of human nature was in a sorry state. While he had reservations about the ancient philosophers for depending ‘more on Invention… — David Hume Copy Share Image
There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize… — David Hume Copy Share Image
All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from… — David Hume Copy Share Image
A too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state. Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences. [All the other sciences] have a relation, greater or… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I do not think a philosopher who would apply himself so earnestly to the explaining the ultimate principles of the soul, would… — David Hume Copy Share Image
And as this is the obvious appearance of things, it must be admitted, till some hypothesis be discovered, which by penetrating deeper… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“If the process fails at any point, the idea in question lacks cognitive content. When carried through successfully, however, it yields a… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Hume is indeed sceptical about the possibility of metaphysical insights that go deeper than science can, he is not at all sceptical… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“There are instances, indeed, wherein men shew a vanity in resembling a great man in his countenance, shape, air, or other minute… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“I am first affrighted and confounded with that forelorn solitude, in which I am plac'd in my philosophy, and fancy myself some… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.” — David Hume Copy Share
All morality depends upon our sentiments; and when any action or quality of the mind pleases us after a certain manner we say it… — David Hume Copy Share
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth… — David Hume Copy Share
...virtue is attended by more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world. I am sensible, that,… — David Hume Copy Share
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will… — David Hume Copy Share
We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature and situation… — David Hume Copy Share
The observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours… — David Hume Copy Share
The religious hypothesis, therefore, must be considered only as a particular method of accounting for the visible phenomena of the universe: but no just… — David Hume Copy Share
Manufacturers...gradually shift their places, leaving those countries and provinces which they have already enriched, and flying to others, whether they are allured by the… — David Hume Copy Share
We may observe that, in displaying the praises of any humane, beneficent man, there is one circumstance which never fails to be amply insisted… — David Hume Copy Share
“The most perfect happiness, surely, must arise from the contemplation of the most perfect object.” — David Hume Copy Share
“They all make up new species of crime and bring unhappiness in their train. When I hear a man is religious , I conclude… — David Hume Copy Share
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education… — David Hume Copy Share
“But though there be naturally a wide difference in point of delicacy between one person and another, nothing tends further to encrease and improve… — David Hume Copy Share
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