The more instances we examine, and the more care we employ, the more assurance shall we acquire, that the enumeration, which we form from the whole, is complete and entire. David Hume More Quotes by David Hume More Quotes From David Hume Everything in the world is purchased by labor. David Hume philosophical labor world That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise. David Hume selfless tomorrow sun Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients: action, pleasure and indolence. David Hume three feelings happiness Eloquence, when in its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection. David Hume reflection littles rooms Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man. David Hume philosophical philosophy science History is the discovering of the principles of human nature. David Hume human-nature principles history Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous. David Hume philosophical philosophy science The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. David Hume philosophical corruption giving 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. Propositions in geometry may be proved, systems in physics may be controverted; but the harmony of verse, the tenderness of passion, the brilliancy of wit, must give immediate pleasure. No man reasons concerning another's beauty; but frequently concerning the justice or injustice of his actions. David Hume passion giving men Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. David Hume vivid-imagination able belief The difference between a man who is led by opinion or emotion and one who is led by reason. The former, whether he will or not, performs things of which he is entirely ignorant; the latter is subordinate to no one, and only does those things which he knows to be of primary importance in his life, and which on that account he desires the most; and therefore I call the former a slave, but the latter free. David Hume words-of-wisdom differences men No human testimony can have such force as to prove a miracle, and make it a just foundation for any such system of religion David Hume foundation force miracle It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate. David Hume certain easy philosophy No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others, and to receive by communication their inclinations and sentiments, however different from, or even contrary to our own. David Hume quality communication different Morals excite passions, and produce or prevent actions. Reason of itself is utterly impotent in this particular. The rules of morality, therefore, are not conclusions of our reason. David Hume morality passion action The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions. David Hume contradiction heart men Enthusiasm, being the infirmity of bold and ambitious tempers, is naturally accompanied with a spirit of liberty; as superstition,on the contrary, renders men tame and abject, and fits them for slavery. David Hume ambitious liberty men the senses alone are not implicitly to be depended on. We must correct their evidence by reason, and by considerations, derived from the nature of the medium, the distance of the object, and the disposition of the organ, in order to render them, within their sphere, the proper criteria of truth and falsehood. David Hume spheres distance order While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the imperfections of the mechanical philosophy; and thereby restored her ultimate secrets to that obscurity, in which they ever did and ever will remain. David Hume nature philosophy science It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we start spilling our sweat, and not our blood. David Hume real healing blood
