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“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.”
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“It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause”
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“Epicurus's old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence evil?”
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“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.”
― Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays
― Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays
“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.”
― An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
― An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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