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David Hume Quotes

Biography: David Hume is known for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. A... more Biography: David Hume is known for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. An 18th-century Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, Hume's works like "A Treatise of Human Nature" questioned the nature of knowledge, emphasizing that human understanding arises from sensory experiences. His thoughts influence modern philosophy and cognitive science. less

"All the arts and sciences have a mutual connection and dependance on each other"

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"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few"

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"Truth is disputable, not taste. What exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is the standard of sentiment"

Tags: Perception, Individuality, Truth, Nature, Feelings

"Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them"

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"Man is a reasonable being and as such he always continues to act as if he were a free agent though he is in fact otherwise"

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"All plans of government which suppose great reformation in the manners of mankind are plainly imaginary"

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"Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients action pleasure and indolence"

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"The rules of morality are not the conclusions of our reason"

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"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions"

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"No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping"

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"Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men the good and the bad But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue"

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"The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst"

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"Be a philosopher but amid all your philosophy be still a man"

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"Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing which I call thinking is my supreme Happiness"

Tags: Happiness, Contentment, Reading, Contemplation, Thinking

"The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny"

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