David Hume was one of the best known Scottish philosophers who was an essayist and a historian as well. His surname was “Home” but the Britons found it hard to pronounce it in the Scottish accent so he renamed it to “Hume”.
He was blessed with an uncanny intelligence as he went to university of Edinburgh at the age of twelve. Some records even believe ... David Hume biography|
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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. (David Hume) Related concepts: proportions evidence |
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And what is the greatest number? Number one. (David Hume) Related concepts: number? greatest |
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Art may make a suit of clothes: but nature must produce a man. (David Hume) Related concepts: nature clothes: |
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Avarice, the spur of industry. (David Hume) Related concepts: avarice |
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Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man. (David Hume) Related concepts: still philosopher |
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Beauty in things exist in the mind which contemplates them. (David Hume) Related concepts: exist them beauty things which |
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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind which contemplates them. (David Hume) Related concepts: exists merely beauty quality things |
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Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. (David Hume) Related concepts: beauty properly whether moral felt |
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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals. (David Hume) Related concepts: stereotyped principals character system |
