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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

~David Hume

Topics: Any Never Obey Office Only Other Ought Passions Pretend Reason Serve Slave Than Them

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The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

~David Hume

Topics: Greater Importance Life Man Than Universe Oyster

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No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.

~David Hume

Topics: Endeavors Establish Fact Falsehood Kind Miracle Miraculous More Sufficient Testimony Than Unless Which Would

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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

Topics: Any Attended Believed Cannot Christian Christian Religion Day Even First Miracles Only Person Reasonable Religion Without

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Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

~David Hume

Topics: Amongst Argument Friends Springs Truth

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The law always limits every power it gives.

~David Hume

Topics: Always Every Gives Law Limits Power

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Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

~David Hume

Topics: Man Philosopher Philosophy Still Your

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No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.

~David Hume

Topics: Advantages Pure World

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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

Topics: Able Alone Attain Belief Conception Ever Firm Imagination Lively More Nothing Object Steady Than Vivid

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And what is the greatest number? Number one.

~David Hume

Topics: Greatest Greatest Number Number

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Philosopher

Born: July 7th, 1711

Died: August 25th, 1776

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