The Life of David Hume, EsqV. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777 - 62 Seiten Letter relating to Hume's last illness and death from Adam Smith to William Strahan. |
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... idea , fleeping or waking . Elfe , it furely might have claim- ed a little of your care and at- tention ; and one would think , the belief of the foul's existence and immortality could do no B harm , if it did no good , in a Α ...
... idea , fleeping or waking . Elfe , it furely might have claim- ed a little of your care and at- tention ; and one would think , the belief of the foul's existence and immortality could do no B harm , if it did no good , in a Α ...
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... does not exift , or at least , that it's existence may reasonably be doubted . That the univerfe exifts in the mind , and that the mind does not exist . That 7 That the universe is nothing but a heap of 40 POSTSCRIPT .
... does not exift , or at least , that it's existence may reasonably be doubted . That the univerfe exifts in the mind , and that the mind does not exist . That 7 That the universe is nothing but a heap of 40 POSTSCRIPT .
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... existence of his own , being entirely made up of other things , of the existence of which he is by no means certain ; and yet , that the nature of all things * The fourth fection of Mr. HUME's Eays on the Human Understanding , is called ...
... existence of his own , being entirely made up of other things , of the existence of which he is by no means certain ; and yet , that the nature of all things * The fourth fection of Mr. HUME's Eays on the Human Understanding , is called ...
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... existence of the external world is questionable , we are at a lofs to find argu- ments by which we may prove the existence of the Supreme Being , or any of G 2 POSTSCRIPT . 43 depends fo much upon man, ...
... existence of the external world is questionable , we are at a lofs to find argu- ments by which we may prove the existence of the Supreme Being , or any of G 2 POSTSCRIPT . 43 depends fo much upon man, ...
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David Hume, Adam Smith. the existence of the Supreme Being , or any of his attributes . That when we speak of Power , as an attribute of any being , GOD himself not ex- cepted , we use words without meaning . That we can form no idea of ...
David Hume, Adam Smith. the existence of the Supreme Being , or any of his attributes . That when we speak of Power , as an attribute of any being , GOD himself not ex- cepted , we use words without meaning . That we can form no idea of ...
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ADAM SMITH againſt amuf amuſement atheiſm becauſe brother cauſe Charon cheerfulneſs CICERO confequence converfation courſe DAVID HUME death defire diſagree diſappoint diſeaſe Ditis Doctor SMITH doubt eaſily Edinburgh effufion embaffy Engliſh Enquiry concerning exifts exiſtence faid fame fatisfaction fecretary feems fenfible fent fhall fhort fhould fince firft firſt focial fome foon fource friends ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fummer fuppofed fure fyftem fymptoms hath himſelf Hiſtory houſe Human Underſtand HUME's judge variouſly knowlege laft laſt leaſt letter literary live London Lord Lord Hertford ment metaphyfical moft Morals moſt muſt myſelf never notwithſtanding occafion paffed perfon philofopher's philofophical pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent publiſhed racter reaſon received ruling paffion ſay ſee ſeem ſhall ſmall ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch temper thefe themſelves theſe thing thoſe thought tion Treatife of Human Turin unfuitable univerſe uſe vanity Whig wiſh writings yourſelf
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Seite 33 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations ; and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...
Seite 12 - I had always entertained a notion, that my want of success in publishing the Treatise of Human Nature, had proceeded more from the manner than the matter, and that I had been guilty of a very usual indiscretion, in going to the press too early. I therefore cast the first part of that work anew in the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, which was published while I was at Turin. But this piece was at first little more successful than the Treatise of Human Nature.
Seite 62 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Seite 6 - I dine, I play a game of backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when after three or four hours...
Seite 48 - He said that he felt that satisfaction so sensibly, that when he was reading a few days before, Lucian's Dialogues of the Dead, among all the excuses which are alleged to Charon for not entering readily into his boat, he could not find one that fitted him; he had no house to finish, he had no daughter to provide for, he had no enemies upon whom he wished to revenge himself. 'I could not well imagine,' said he, 'what excuse I could make to Charon in order to obtain a little delay.
Seite 32 - To conclude historically with my own character. I am, or rather was, — for that is the style I must now use in speaking of myself, which emboldens me the more to speak my sentiments; — I was, I say, a man of mild dispositions...
Seite 6 - I went over to France with a view of prosecuting my studies in a country retreat ; and I there laid that plan of life which I have steadily and successfully pursued. I resolved to make a very rigid frugality supply my deficiency of fortune, to maintain unimpaired my independency, and to regard every object as contemptible, except the improvement of my talents in literature.
Seite 22 - But though I had been taught, by experience, that the Whig party were in possession of bestowing all places, both in the state and in literature, I was so little inclined to yield to their senseless...
Seite 34 - ... to complain of calumny, I never was touched, or even attacked by her baleful tooth : and though I wantonly...
Seite 34 - And therefore, where I have failed, Lord, shew mercy to me; for I plead not my righteousness, but the forgiveness of my unrighteousness, for His merits, who died to purchase pardon for penitent sinners. And since I owe thee a death, Lord, let it not be terrible, and then take thine own time: I submit to it: let not mine, O Lord! but let thy will be done.