What did David Hume mean by: What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’. David Hume Philosopher · Scotland Copy
Human nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Human nature, Neglect, Science, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Potential, Talent, Wealth, 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
All power, even the most despotic, rests ultimately on opinion. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Despotism, Opinion, Power, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
All inferences from experience… are effects of custom, not of reasoning. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Custom, Experience, Reasoning, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Apathy, Happiness, Wisdom, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
The ages of greatest public spirit are not always eminent for private virtue. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Virtue, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
+ Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once. Author, August 11, 2023January 2, 2025, David Hume, Freedom, Gradual, Loss, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace. Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Art may be for the privileged few but they have earned the privilege and deny it to no one. Walter Darby Bannard Painter · USA
I’m aware that not all kids can pick up and fly to Panama. I’m very lucky. Jenna Bush Journalist · USA
I don’t understand bus lanes. Why do poor people have to get to places quicker than I do? Jeremy Clarkson Television presenter · England
