Hume

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    Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    Reason is, and only ought to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    When I am convinced of any principle, it is only an idea which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to one set of arguments above another, I do nothing but decide from my feeling concerning the superiority of their influence.
    —David Hume (1711–1776)