We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Municipal laws are a supply to the wisdom of each individual; and, at the same time, by restraining the natural liberty of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
But I would still reply, that the knavery and folly of men are such common phenomena, that I should rather believe the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Justice is a moral virtue, merely because it has that tendency to the good of mankind, and indeed is nothing but an… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Every court of criminal justice must have the power of correcting the greatest and dangerous of all abuses of the forms of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
How could politics be a science, if laws and forms of government had not a uniform influence upon society? Where would be… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Between married persons, the cement of friendship is by the laws supposed so strong as to abolish all division of possessions: andhas… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions… — 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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