It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world. You will scarcely be persuaded that they are other than… — David Hume Copy Share Image
of the world and drudgery of business , seeks a pretense of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Tho' there be no such Thing as Chance in the World; our Ignorance of the real Ccause of any Event has the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It were better, never to look beyond the present material world. By supposing it to contain the principle of its order within… — David Hume Copy Share Image
When the coherence of the parts of a stone, or even that composition of parts which renders it extended; when these familiar… — David Hume Copy Share Image
...virtue is attended by more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world. I am… — David Hume Copy Share Image
When I turn my eye inward, I find nothing but doubt and ignorance. All the world conspires to oppose and contradict me;… — David Hume Copy Share Image
A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Were a stranger to drop on a sudden into this world, I would show him, as a specimen of its ills, a… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Learning has been as great a Loser by being shut up in Colleges and Cells, and secluded from the World and good… — David Hume Copy Share Image
In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies to liberty; and it is certain, that this steady conduct of theirs… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It must appear impossible, that theism could, from reasoning, have been the primary religion of human race, and have afterwards, by its… — David Hume Copy Share Image
How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression? Let… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Nothing is so convenient as a decisive argument ... which must at least silence the most arrogant bigotry and superstition, and free… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. It is… — 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
