Where men are the most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken, and have there given reins to passion, without that proper deliberation and suspense, which can alone secure them from the grossest absurdities.
—David Hume
Where men are the most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken, and have there given reins to passion, without that proper deliberation and suspense, which can alone secure them from the grossest absurdities.
—David Hume
David Hume? He came up with some of the grossest absurdities. He deified history!
OTOH, I have it on good authority that he could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel.