Whole Quotes by David Hume

The whole of natural theologyresolves itself into one simple, though somewhat ambiguous proposition, That the cause or causesof order in the universe…

— David Hume

The whole [of religion] is a riddle, an ænigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the onlyresult of our…

— David Hume

Grief and disappointment give rise to anger, anger to envy, envy to malice, and malice to grief again, till the whole circle…

— David Hume

Almost every one has a predominant inclination, to which his other desires and affections submit, and which governs him, though perhaps with…

— David Hume

It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.

— David Hume

What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model…

— David Hume

We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature…

— David Hume

Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only…

— David Hume

Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients; action, pleasure and indolence. And though these ingredients ought to be mixed in different…

— David Hume

And though the philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself…

— David Hume

Courage, of all national qualities, is the most precarious; because it is exerted only at intervals, and by a few in every…

— David Hume

.. that which renders morality an active principle and constitutes virtue our happiness, and vice our misery: it is probable, I say,…

— David Hume

It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. It is…

— David Hume

Look round this universe. What an immense profusion of beings, animated and organized, sensible and active! You admire this prodigious variety and…

— David Hume

But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,…

— David Hume

The whole is a riddle, an enigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the only result of ourmost accurate…

— David Hume

It is evident, from their method of propagation, that a couple of cats, in fifty years, would stock a whole kingdom; and…

— David Hume

Upon the whole, necessity is something, that exists in the mind, not in objects; nor is it possible for us ever to…

— David Hume

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be done by one great or wise action in…

— David Hume