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“ 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.…'Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. ”

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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