Memorable Quotes and quotations from David HumeDavid Hume Scottish historian & philosopher (1711 - 1776)David Hume - - Truth, springs from agrument amongst friends. David Hume - - Art may make a suit of clothes: but nature must produce a man. David Hume - - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, "Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number?" No. "Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?" No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion. David Hume - - It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. David Hume - - Custom is the great guide of human life. David Hume - - Truth springs from argument amongst friends. David Hume - - Beauty in things exist in the mind which contemplates them. |
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