Quote #78

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. ~ Adam Smith

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  1. Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
  2. In every page of David Hume, there is more to be learned than from Hegel's, Herbart's and Schleiermacher's complete philosophical works. ~ …
  3. He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.
  4. Rousseau was mad but influential; Hume was sane but had no followers. ~ Bertrand Russell
  5. Everything in the world is purchased by labor.
  6. Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principles.
  7. God's power is infinite. Whatever he wills is executed. But neither man, nor any other animal, is happy. Therefore he does not will their h…
  8. If the whole of natural theology, as some people seem to maintain, resolves itself into one simple, though somewhat ambiguous, at least und…

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