Hume: Man

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„The other species of philosophers consider man in the light of a reasonable rather than an active being, and endeavour to form his understanding more than cultivate his manners.“ (p. 7) #Hume #man #being

Hume, David, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 21902.

Hume: The Idea of God

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„The idea of God, as meaning an infinitely intelligent, wise, and good Being, arises from reflecting on the operations of our own mind, and augmenting, without limit, those qualities of goodness and wisdom.“ (p. 26) #Hume #TheIdeaOfGod

Hume, David, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 21902.

Hume: Astronomers

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„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.

Hume: Moral Philosophy

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„Moral philosophy, or the science of human nature, may be treated after two different manners; each of which has its peculiar merit, and may contribute to the entertainment, instruction, and reformation of mankind.“ (p. 6) #Hume #MoralPhilosophy #HumanNature

Hume, David, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 21902.

Hume: Ideas

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„It is evident that there is a principle of connexion between the different thoughts or ideas of the mind, and that, in their appearance to the memory or imagination, they introduce each other with a certain degree of method and regularity. In our more serious thinking or discourse this is so observable that any particular thought, which breaks in upon the regular tract or chain of ideas, is immediately remarked and rejected.“ (p. 30) #Hume #ideas

Hume, David, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 21902.