David Hume quote about philosophy from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding - Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
 David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748). copy citation

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“Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce, by the endless uncertainty in which they involve you, and by the cold reception which your pretended discoveries shall meet with, when communicated. Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
5. Were the generality of mankind contented to prefer the easy philosophy to the abstract and profound, without throwing any blame or contempt on the latter, it might not be improper, perhaps, to comply with this general opinion, and allow every man to enjoy, without opposition, his own taste and sentiment.” source

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