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“ Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upon the province of grammarians; and to engage in disputes of words, while they imagine that they are handling controversies of the deepest importance and concern. ”

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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

~ David Hume

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.

~ 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.

~ David Hume

It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.

~ David Hume