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Avarice, the spur of industry. — David Hume

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Avarice, the spur of industry.

Essays: Moral and Political (1741–2) ‘Of Civil Liberty’

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David Hume

1711-05-11 — 1629-01-01 · Escócia

David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, considered one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment and Western philosophy. He is widely recognized as an empiricist and a radical skeptic. His works had a profound influence on the development of philosophy, especially in the areas of epistemology and philosophy of mind.

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