David Hume Quotes

Necessity may be defined in two ways, conformably to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. It consists either in the constant conjunction of like objects, or in the inference of the understating from one object to another.

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• In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

  

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• Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.

  

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• Necessity may be defined in two ways, conformably to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. It consists either in the constant conjunction of like objects, or in the inference of the understating from one object to another.

  

  David Hume
  • May