“The same good sense, that directs men in the ordinary occurrences of life, is not hearkened to in religious matters, which are supposed to be placed altogether above the cognizance of human reason.”

— David Hume , book Four Dissertations

Four Dissertations (1757)

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Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian 1711–1776

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