“ Where no promise is given, a man looks not on his faith as broken in private matters, upon account of rebellion ”
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature (1738). copy citation
| Author | David Hume |
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| Source | A Treatise of Human Nature |
| Topic | rebellion faith |
| Date | 1738 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4705/4705-h/4705-h.htm |
Context
“and a farther proof is, that when our promise is upon any account expressly engaged, we always distinguish exactly betwixt the two obligations, and believe the one to add more force to the other, than in a repetition of the same promise. Where no promise is given, a man looks not on his faith as broken in private matters, upon account of rebellion; but keeps those two duties of honour and allegiance perfectly distinct and separate. As the uniting of them was thought by these philosophers a very subtile invention, this is a convincing proof, that it is not a true one;”
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