Hume

Famous quotes containing the word hume:

    I know with certainty, that [an honest man] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till it be consumed: And this event, I think I can foretell with the same assurance, as that, if he throw himself out at the window, and meet with no obstruction, he will not remain a moment suspended in the air.
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    There is only one vice, which may be found in life with as strong features, and as high a colouring as needs be employed by any satyrist or comic poet; and that is AVARICE.
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

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