David Hume (1711

function over forme

These are the economics. The efficiencies under social contract. Mostly.Function over Forme - A planksip® OriginalWe have a unit of function, over a unit of subjective matter. Dependent on the number of

Dr. Cory Elliot

"Moral Distinctions Not Derived From Reason"

Hume's morals arise from his epistemology. This makes sense but should (not) be made in a vacuum. Society is the air we breathe and randomness is medium in which she travels. Hume is

Michel de Montaigne (Philosopher)

On Cicero, Planck, Hume, Montaigne, Schrödinger, Euclid...

First Montaigne, then Hume. Michel de Montaigne was a beautiful writer and inspirational for the layperson looking for a sensible framework or introduction to philosophy. Montaigne felt that philosophy should make sense to

John Locke (Philosopher)

On Locke, Hume, Baggini, Petersen, and Montaigne...

You have to remember, John Locke (1632-1734), was born almost sixty years before David Hume (1711-1776). If you are looking for something universal, these Imperial Empiricists left legacies and reformed the basis of

David Hume (Philosopher)

i am an idea man - a humble ode to Hume

From An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, David Hume 1748 SECTION IV: SCEPTICAL DOUBTS CONCERNING THE OPERATIONS OF THE UNDERSTANDING PART I ALL the objects of human reason or enquiry may naturally be divided

David Hume (Philosopher)

Existential Adaptations

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.

David Hume (Philosopher)

Absolute: Importance returns NULL values beyond our consciousness

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

David Hume (Philosopher)

Fictionalized Philosophy will be the adaptation away from Religion

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

David Hume (Philosopher)

Degrees of Freedom

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

David Hume (Philosopher)

Compassion Curators

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

David Hume (Philosopher)

Context is King

Custom is the great guide to human life.

David Hume (Philosopher)

Should implies Ethics, and "ought" to rotate AROUND the passions.

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

David Hume (Philosopher)

Deeply Philosophical

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

David Hume (Philosopher)

Justified Belief - Pense à Consciousness

Very simply put, inductive reasoning is generalizing from a trend. David Hume (1711-1776) referred to unobserved "matters of fact" to describe possible futures a posteriori. If you contrast experienced outcomes with

Prosopopoeia

Figures of Speech

An Autobiographical Prosopopoeia Listed in order of appearance in the planksip® Book of Quotes. Friedrich Nietzsche, William Wordsworth, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Satre, Umberto Eco, John Ruskin, Gabriel García Márquez, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Bill Maher,

David Hume (Philosopher)

Proportional Belief

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.