Hume, Volume 7Macmillan, 1902 - 216 pages |
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... writer , by preparing documents of facts of such a character on his own responsibility , showed that he had considerable con- fidence in his ability to adhere to the forms adequate for the occasion . He talked of it as ' an ancient ...
... writer , by preparing documents of facts of such a character on his own responsibility , showed that he had considerable con- fidence in his ability to adhere to the forms adequate for the occasion . He talked of it as ' an ancient ...
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... writer of twenty- seven years of age would get for a similar work , at the present time . But , in other respects , its success fell far short of Hume's expectations . In a letter dated the 1st of June , 1739 , he writes , - " I am not ...
... writer of twenty- seven years of age would get for a similar work , at the present time . But , in other respects , its success fell far short of Hume's expectations . In a letter dated the 1st of June , 1739 , he writes , - " I am not ...
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... writing of history , the field I have deserted ; for as to the giving of dinners , he can now have no further pretensions . I should have made a very bad use of my abode in Paris if I could not get the better of a mere provincial like ...
... writing of history , the field I have deserted ; for as to the giving of dinners , he can now have no further pretensions . I should have made a very bad use of my abode in Paris if I could not get the better of a mere provincial like ...
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... writing about English Men of Letters . That to which succeeding generations have made , are making , and will make , continual additions , however , is Hume's fame as a philosopher ; and , though I know that my plea will add to my ...
... writing about English Men of Letters . That to which succeeding generations have made , are making , and will make , continual additions , however , is Hume's fame as a philosopher ; and , though I know that my plea will add to my ...
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... this impression by the theological writers whose works had fallen in Hume's way , it is difficult to account for the depth of feeling which so good natured a man manifests on the CH . VIII . ] THEISM ; EVOLUTION OF THEOLOGY . 141.
... this impression by the theological writers whose works had fallen in Hume's way , it is difficult to account for the depth of feeling which so good natured a man manifests on the CH . VIII . ] THEISM ; EVOLUTION OF THEOLOGY . 141.
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Page 138 - The original of them all, is that which we call SENSE, for there is no conception in a man's mind, which hath not at first, totally or by parts, been begotten upon the organs of sense.
Page 145 - So that, upon the whole, we may conclude that the Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity. And whoever is moved by faith to assent to it is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person which subverts all the principles of his understanding and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience.
Page 122 - Propositions of this kind are discoverable by the mere operation of thought, without dependence on what is anywhere existent in the universe.
Page 137 - Secondly, the other fountain from which experience furnisheth the understanding with ideas, is the perception * of the operations of our own minds within us, as it is employed about the ideas it has got; which operations, when the soul comes to reflect on and consider, do furnish the understanding with another set of ideas, which could not be had from things without...
Page 131 - ... on a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong course, and that, before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Page 203 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 124 - Believe it, my good friend, to love truth, for truth's sake, is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues ; and, if I mistake not, you have as much of it as ever I met with in any body.
Page 79 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinion, high respect; their business, unremitted attention.
Page 177 - Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding general prejudices, employ their sagacity to discover the latent wisdom which prevails in them. If they find what they seek, and they seldom fail, they think it more wise to continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice, and to leave nothing but the naked reason...
Page 57 - Tis evident that all the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and that however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. Even mathematics, natural philosophy, and natural religion are in some measure dependent on the science of man, since they lie under the cognizance of men and are judged of by their powers and faculties.