Opposing one species of superstition to another, set them a quarrelling; while we ourselves, during their fury and contention, happily make our escape, into the calm, tho' obscure, regions of philosophy.

David Hume

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Philosophy Reason

Author

David Hume

Source

The Natural History of Religion Four Dissertations

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1757 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Original Citation

Hume, David. "The Natural History of Religion." Four Dissertations. London: A. Millar, 1757, sect. 15.

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David Hume. "The Natural History of Religion." A Dissertation on the Passions; The Natural History of Religion, edited by Tom Beauchamp. Clarendon, 2009, bk. 1, pt. 3, sect. 10.

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Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.

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The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

Blaise Pascal

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Genre
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The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
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Making plans Dashed hopes Fate The unexpected

Author

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Medium
Poem
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Scots
Time
1785 1780s 18th century
Era
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Original Citation

Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786.

Current Citation

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