Hume: Astronomers

„Astronomers had long contented themselves with proving, from the phaenomena, the true motions, order, and magnitude of the heavenly bodies: Till a philosopher, at last, arose, who seems, from the happiest reasoning, to have also determined the laws and forces, by which the revolutions of the planets are governed and directed.“ (p. 19) #Hume #Astronomers

Hume, David, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 21902.