In all matters of opinion and science... The difference among men is...oftener found to lie in generals than in particulars: and to be less in reality than in appearance. An explanation of the terms commonly ends the controversy; and the disputants are surprised to find, that they had been quarrelling, while at bottom they agreed in their judgement.
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Original Citation
Hume, David. "Of the Standard of Taste." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, 1758, pt. 1, no. 23.
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Current Citation
Hume, David. "Of the Standard of Taste." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 1, no. 23.
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