Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. David Hume on learning
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves. David Hume on learning
Men often act knowingly against their interest. David Hume on men
Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. David Hume on men
There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it. David Hume on nature
Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it. David Hume on nature
Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. David Hume on nature
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. David Hume on patriotism
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. David Hume on power
The law always limits every power it gives. David Hume on power
The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. David Hume on religion
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous those in philosophy only ridiculous. David Hume on religion
A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. David Hume on respect
Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. David Hume on science
This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. David Hume on society
Truth springs from argument amongst friends. David Hume on truth
Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. David Hume on truth
Avarice, the spur of industry, is so obstinate a passion, and works its way through so many real dangers and difficulties, that it is not likely to be scared by an imaginary danger, which is so small that it scarcely admits of calculation. David Hume on avarice
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions. David Hume on success
There ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexibl eof passions. David Hume on success