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... David Hume had spared no pains in convulsing the whole soil , wherein feelings both religious and national had taken root ; and others saw well enough , although he himself might not , the absurdity of his undertaking to preserve , in ...
... David Hume had spared no pains in convulsing the whole soil , wherein feelings both religious and national had taken root ; and others saw well enough , although he himself might not , the absurdity of his undertaking to preserve , in ...
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... Hume himself , indeed , furnished many examples ( such we conceive them to ... David , had he over- looked his own incapacities only ; but it is no easy ... Hume , one cannot be surprised , that they should have felt a very lively pride ...
... Hume himself , indeed , furnished many examples ( such we conceive them to ... David , had he over- looked his own incapacities only ; but it is no easy ... Hume , one cannot be surprised , that they should have felt a very lively pride ...
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... David Hume : David Hume ( 1711-76 ) , the Scottish historian and sceptical philosopher , stimulated mid - eighteenth - century philosophical thought ( and alarmed religious orthodoxy ) with An Enquiry concerning Human Knowledge 191.
... David Hume : David Hume ( 1711-76 ) , the Scottish historian and sceptical philosopher , stimulated mid - eighteenth - century philosophical thought ( and alarmed religious orthodoxy ) with An Enquiry concerning Human Knowledge 191.
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