It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate. — David Hume Copy Share Image
“While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the… — 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 we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any… — David Hume Copy Share Image
..when, in my philosophical disquisitions, I deny a providence and a future state, I undermine not the foundations of society, but advance… — 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 though the philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can… — 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
What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model… — 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
“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
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
