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Scottish Philosopher May 7, 1711 – August 25, 1776

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Custom, then, is the great guide of human life. It is that principle alone which renders our experience useful to us, and makes us expect, for the future, a similar train of events with those which have appeared in the past. Without the influence of custom, we should be entirely ignorant of every matter of fact beyond what is immediately present to the memory and senses. We should never know how to adjust means to ends, or to employ our natural powers in the production of any effect. There... David Hume
David Hume quote: "Custom is the great guide to human life."
Custom is the great guide to human life. David Hume
David Hume quote: "A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal..."
A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal converts him to religion David Hume
David Hume quote: "[Rousseau is] the person whom I most revere both for the Force..."
[Rousseau is] the person whom I most revere both for the Force of [his] Genius and the Greatness of [his] mind [...] David Hume

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