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A Treatise of Human Nature quotes

David Hume

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“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.” David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
“For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a...” David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
“We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution.” David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.” David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature

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