An Account of the Life and Writings of David Hume, EsqT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 - 520 Seiten |
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... opinion , unfavourable to Mr. Hume , prevailed very generally , and even still prevails , among the literati in foreign countries . A fentiment of delicacy feems to have restrained him from alluding to these transactions , but fuch a ...
... opinion , unfavourable to Mr. Hume , prevailed very generally , and even still prevails , among the literati in foreign countries . A fentiment of delicacy feems to have restrained him from alluding to these transactions , but fuch a ...
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... opinion , that the law would be an eligible profeffion for him . We are uncertain whether he ferved an apprenticeship with an attorney , or confined himself to the profecution of his ftudies at the law claffes in the univerfity ; but ...
... opinion , that the law would be an eligible profeffion for him . We are uncertain whether he ferved an apprenticeship with an attorney , or confined himself to the profecution of his ftudies at the law claffes in the univerfity ; but ...
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... opinion of the public before he acknowledged himself to be the author of the work , it was published without his name . The third volume , which comprises the subject of Morals , did not appear until the year 1740. It was fold by a ...
... opinion of the public before he acknowledged himself to be the author of the work , it was published without his name . The third volume , which comprises the subject of Morals , did not appear until the year 1740. It was fold by a ...
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... opinion may be formed of the lamentable perverfion of genius , and the extreme wafte of toil and of time beftowed on them . It is not meant , however , to give a complete lift their number amounted , perhaps , to fix times as many as ...
... opinion may be formed of the lamentable perverfion of genius , and the extreme wafte of toil and of time beftowed on them . It is not meant , however , to give a complete lift their number amounted , perhaps , to fix times as many as ...
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... opinion he entertained of the caufe of his former bad for- tune . In fact , it attracted as little notice as his Treatife had done ; and he himself tells us , that , on his return from Italy , he had the mortification . to find all ...
... opinion he entertained of the caufe of his former bad for- tune . In fact , it attracted as little notice as his Treatife had done ; and he himself tells us , that , on his return from Italy , he had the mortification . to find all ...
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Seite 409 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Seite 311 - By the term impression, then, I mean all our more lively perceptions, when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will. And impressions are distinguished from ideas, which are the less lively perceptions of which we are conscious when we reflect on any of those sensations or movements above mentioned.
Seite 303 - ... and religious factions, they seemed to be disarmed in my behalf of their wonted fury. My friends never had occasion to vindicate any one circumstance of my character and conduct: not but that the zealots, we may well suppose, would have been glad to invent and propagate any story to my disadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot say...
Seite 51 - I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation; English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the earl of Strafford...
Seite 126 - Buccleugh under the author's care, and would make it worth his while to accept of that charge. As soon as I heard this, I called on him twice, with a view of talking with him about the matter, and of convincing him of the propriety of sending that young nobleman to...
Seite 127 - In recompence for so many mortifying things, which nothing but truth could have extorted from me, and which I could easily have multiplied to a greater number, I doubt not but you are so good a Christian as to return good for evil ; and to flatter my vanity by telling me, that all the godly in Scotland abuse me for my account of John Knox and the Reformation. I suppose you are glad to see my paper end, and that I am obliged to conclude with Your Humble Servant, DAVID HUME.
Seite 303 - I took a particular pleasure in the company of modest women, I had no reason to be displeased with the reception I met with from them. In a word, though most men...
Seite 300 - Have a little patience. good Charon. I have been endeavouring to open the eyes of the Public. If I live a few years longer. I may have the satisfaction of seeing the downfall of some of the prevailing systems of superstition.
Seite 126 - Oswald protests he does not know whether he has reaped more instruction or entertainment from it. But you may easily judge what reliance can be put on his judgment, who has been engaged all his life in public business, and who never sees any faults in his friends. Millar exults and brags that two thirds of the edition are already sold, and that he is now sure of success.
Seite 323 - So that, upon the whole, we may conclude that the Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity. And whoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most...