David Hume
David Hume
David Hume– 25 August 1776) or David Homewas a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of radical philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth7 May 1711
revenge praise cruelty
Mohammed praises [instances of] tretchery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, and bigotry that are utterly incompatible with civilized society.
evil religion doe
If God is omnipotent, omniscient and wholly good, whence evil? If God wills to prevent evil but cannot, then He is not omnipotent. If He can prevent evil but does not, then he is not good. In either case he is not God.
moving facts doe
Moving from an objective statement of fact to a subjective statement of value does not work, because it leaves open questions that have not been answered.
philosophical numbers competition
And what is the greatest number? Number one.
ambition passion principles
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions
beauty mind quality
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
nature art men
Art may make a suite of clothes, but nature must produce a man.
learning way path
The sweetest path of life leads through the avenues of learning, and whoever can open up the way for another, ought, so far, to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind.
beauty philosophical moral
Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived.
possession goods insatiable
This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.
strong philosophy philosophical
Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.
ends attainment humans
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness
white swans black
No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient to refute that conclusion.
philosophical men human-nature
Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.