What did David Hume mean by: What praise is implied in the simple epithet useful! What reproach in the contrary. David Hume Philosopher · Scotland Copy
The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Contradiction, Nature, Reconciliation, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Design, Intention, Purpose, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
Nothing exists without a cause, the original cause of this universe we call God. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Cause, Existence, God, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
+ Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. Author, October 22, 2023January 2, 2025, David Hume, Beauty, Mind, Perception, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
+ It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause. Author, October 5, 2023January 2, 2025, David Hume, Approval, Criticism, Difficulty, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
+ All knowledge degenerates into probability. Author, June 16, 2023January 2, 2025, David Hume, Knowledge, Transformation, Uncertainty, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
It is… a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Human nature, Politics, Skepticism, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Hume, Reflection, Sadness, Vulnerability, 0 David Hume Philosopher · Scotland
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
