"But to proceed in this reconciling project with……" — David Hume
"But to proceed in this reconciling project with regard to the question of liberty and necessity; the most contentious question of metaphysics, the most contentious science..."
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216 Quotes by David Hume
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All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to…
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Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most…
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Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with…
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Your corn is ripe today, mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both that I should labor with…
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Look round this universe. What an immense profusion of beings, animated and organized, sensible and active! You admire this prodigious…
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I do not have enough faith to believe there is no god.
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God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end.
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Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.
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The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages, have either been detected by…
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All this creative power of the mind amounts to no more than the faculty of compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing…
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To consider the matter aright, reason is nothing but a wonderful and unintelligible instinct in our souls, which carries us…
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Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that…
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Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer…
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When you take comprehensive, then we're dealing with certain issues like full citizenship ... And whatever else we disagree on,…
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This truth may be handled either sinfully or profitably; sinfully as when it is treated on only to satisfy curiosity,…
— Anthony Burgess
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On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do…
— Sun Tzu
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Ours is supposed to be a government in which classes and distinctions melt into a harmonious whole. Until we reach…
— Timothy Thomas Fortune
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What you saw was the people of New York having a debate, talking through these issues. It was contentious; it…
— Barack Obama
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Dare to contend without being contentious. Preserve the truth without hurting people. Love and be charitable.
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I like playing on this team. We actually been doin' real good. Got a different mix here. Most important thing…
— Mickey Rivers
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
— Zhuangzi
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What distinguishes exemplary boards is that they are robust, effective social systems . . .The highest performing companies have extremely…
— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
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Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless.
— Francis Bacon
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Aikido is the principle of non-resistance. Because it is non-resistant, it is victorious from the beginning. Those with evil intentions…
— Morihei Ueshiba
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