What would become of history, had we not a dependence on the veracity of the historian, according to the experience, what we… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“There is a great difference between historical facts and speculative opinions ; nor is the knowledge of the one propagated in the… — 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
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good… — 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
If the religious spirit be ever mentioned in any historical narration, we are sure to meet afterwards with a detail of the… — 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
“It is an observation suggested by all history, and by none more than by that of James I and his successor [Charles… — David Hume Copy Share Image
But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really, at… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
...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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“The most perfect happiness, surely, must arise from the contemplation of the most perfect object.” — David Hume Copy Share Image
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