“ There is no man so young and unexperienced, as not to have formed, from observation, many general and just maxims concerning human affairs and the conduct of life ”
David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748). copy citation
| Author | David Hume |
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| Source | An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding |
| Topic | observation life |
| Date | 1748 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9662/9662-h/9662-h.htm |
Context
“while it serves as an instance of the general corruption of human nature, and shows us the danger which we must incur by reposing an entire confidence in mankind. In both cases, it is experience which is ultimately the foundation of our inference and conclusion.
There is no man so young and unexperienced, as not to have formed, from observation, many general and just maxims concerning human affairs and the conduct of life; but it must be confessed, that, when a man comes to put these in practice, he will be extremely liable to error, till time and farther experience both enlarge these maxims, and teach him their proper use and application.”
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