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It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruc — David Hume

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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the p
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It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.

A Treatise upon Human Nature (1739) bk. 2, pt. 3

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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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