What did David Hume mean by: The unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so. David Hume Philosopher · Scotland Copy
+ History is the discovering of the principles of human nature. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Discovery, Human nature, Principles, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
Virtue, like wholesome food, is better than poisons, however corrected. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Health, Morality, Virtue, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Contentment, Leisure, Reflection, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
+ Interest is the barometer of the state. Author, October 28, 2023January 2, 2025, David Hume, Economy, Progress, Society, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
+ While we are reasoning concerning life, life is gone. Author, October 13, 2023January 2, 2025, David Hume, Impermanence, Reflection, Time, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Discourse, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
+ Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty. Author, September 7, 2023January 2, 2025, David Hume, Freedom, Society, Superstition, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Fear, Hope, Joy, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
