The essential passions of the heart have found a better soil in which it may attain it's maturity; remain under less restraint and extended into it's natural state
David HumeBe a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
David HumeStichwörter: man philosopher
All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance
and obscurity, is to be sceptical, or at least cautious, and not
to admit of any hypothesis whatever, much less of any which is
supported by no appearance of probability.
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
David HumeBut the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
David HumeYour corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow. I have no kindness for you, and know you have as little for me. I will not, therefore, take any pains upon your account; and should I labour with you upon my own account, in expectation of a return, I know I should be disappointed, and that I should in vain depend upon your gratitude. Here then I leave you to labour alone; You treat me in the same manner. The seasons change; and both of us lose our harvests for want of mutual confidence and security.
David HumeStichwörter: individualism selfishness collaboration farming
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.
Custom, then, is the great guide of human life. It is that principle alone which renders our experience useful to us, and makes us expect, for the future, a similar train of events with those which have appeared in the past. Without the influence of custom, we should be entirely ignorant of every matter of fact beyond what is immediately present to the memory and senses. We should never know how to adjust means to ends, or to employ our natural powers in the production of any effect. There would be an end at once of all action, as well as of the chief part of speculation.
David HumeIt's seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
David HumeThe Crusades - the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.
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