Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
Autor: David Hume
All the sciences almost have no other goal than to nourish human pride and vanity.
Autor: David Hume
He is happy, whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent, who can suit his temper to any circumstances.
Autor: David Hume
Liberty of thinking alone is not so valuable as the liberty of talking; but both depend little upon the laws, and are rather to be ascribed to the manners and customs of mankind.
Autor: David Hume
It’s not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
Autor: David Hume
Be a philosopher; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
Autor: David Hume
When men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
Autor: David Hume
There is nothing to be learned from a professor, which is not to be met with in books.
Autor: David Hume
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.
Autor: David Hume
Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow.
Autor: David Hume
The mind of man is naturally averse to all spacious views; and vast object disappear in shadow and oblivion, save when swelled by the passions or illuminated by habit.
Autor: David Hume
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dozing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
Autor: David Hume
All emotion is involuntary when genuine.
Autor: David Hume
Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the Good and the Bad. But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
Autor: David Hume
A man driven by infatuation is a man utterly blind.
Autor: David Hume
Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
Autor: David Hume
Men are much oftener governed by their hearts than by their heads.
Autor: David Hume
There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.
Autor: David Hume
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dozing, which I call thinking, is my supreme happiness.
Autor: David Hume
The mind can never fully grasp the reality of infinity, nor can it attain perfection; it imperceptibly yields to the power of custom.
Autor: David Hume
No testimonies are so sure as those of experience.
Autor: David Hume
To be a philosophical sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
Autor: David Hume
No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
Autor: David Hume
Be a philosopher, but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
Autor: David Hume
Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once.
Autor: David Hume
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
Autor: David Hume
No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.
Autor: David Hume
The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.
Autor: David Hume
All the sciences have a relation to human nature.
Autor: David Hume
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken.
Autor: David Hume
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
Autor: David Hume
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Autor: David Hume
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
Autor: David Hume
Custom is the great guide of human life.
Autor: David Hume
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
Autor: David Hume
The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
Autor: David Hume
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.
Autor: David Hume
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
Autor: David Hume
It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
Autor: David Hume
Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.
Autor: David Hume
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
Autor: David Hume
The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.
Autor: David Hume
The mind is a kind of theatre, where several perceptions successively make their appearance.
Autor: David Hume
Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients: action, pleasure, and indolence.
Autor: David Hume
Ilość zdrowego rozsądku w społeczeństwie jest zawsze ograniczona.
Autor: David Hume
Moralność nie jest doprowadzana przez rozum, lecz przez uczucia.
Autor: David Hume
Cudem można nazwać naruszenie praw natury.
Autor: David Hume
Natura zawsze dąży do równowagi.
Autor: David Hume
Myśli nigdy nie są obecne same, zawsze łączą się ze sobą w pewnych relacjach.
Autor: David Hume
Nasza wiedza o świecie zewnętrznym jest tylko odbiciem na płótnie naszych umysłów.
Autor: David Hume
Nie istnieje konieczne połączenie między przyczyną a skutkiem.
Autor: David Hume
Wszystkie idee są twórcze tylko jako odwzorowania wcześniejszych impresji.
Autor: David Hume
Nic nie jest tak rzadkie jak prawdziwa miłość.
Autor: David Hume
Błędy w rozumowaniu często wywodzą się z braku staranności w obserwacji.
Autor: David Hume
Wątpienie jest podstawą rozumu.
Autor: David Hume
Prawda rodzi się w sporze.
Autor: David Hume
Ludzki umysł jest niczym tabula rasa, wyczyszczona z wszelkiej treści, na której doświadczenie wypisuje swoje ślady.
Autor: David Hume
Człowiek to istota raczej porywana pasjami niż kierowana rozsądkiem.
Autor: David Hume
Zwyczaj jest wielkim przewodnikiem ludzkiego życia.
Autor: David Hume
Nic nie jest bardziej swobodne niż ludzka wyobraźnia.
Autor: David Hume
Rozum jest i powinien być niewolnikiem namiętności.
