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A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions...more

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Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.

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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.…'Tis not contrary to...more

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When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should e...more

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Be a philosopher but amid all your philosophy be still a man.

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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from...more

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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.

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Should a traveler, returning from a far country, bring us an account of men wholly different from any with whom we were ever acquainted, men who were ...more

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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

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There are instances, indeed, wherein men shew a vanity in resembling a great man in his countenance, shape, air, or other minute circumstances, that c...more

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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.

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It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.

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There is no method of reasoning more common, and yet none more blameable, than, in philosophical disputes, to endeavour the refutation of any hypothes...more

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A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous prepossessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as philosophy, ...more