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David Hume
 
Date of birth: 26 April 1711
Date of death: 25 August 1776
Country Of Origin: Scotland
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    David Hume (April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776)April 26 is Hume's birthdate in the Old Style and New Style dates Julian calendar, it is May 7 in New Style (Gregorian calendar). was a Scotland philosopher, economist, and historian, as well as an important figure of Western philosophy and of the Scottish Enlightenment. Although in recent years interest in Hume's works has centred on his philosophical writing, it was as a historian that he gained his initial fame and .... (More...)
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" And what is the greatest number? Number one. "

David Hume
" Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them. "

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" Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals. "

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" Custom, then, is the great guide of human life. "

David Hume
" Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. "

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" He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. "

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" It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave. "

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" Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press. "

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" Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. "

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" The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. "

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" The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds. "

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