David Hume

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

DISPUTES with men, pertinaciously obstinate in their principles, are, of all others, the most irksome; except, perhaps, those with persons, entirely disingenuous, who really do not believe the opinions they defend, but engage in the controversy, from affectation, from a spirit of opposition, or from a desire of showing wit and ingenuity, superior to the rest of mankind. The same blind adherence to their own arguments is to be expected in both; the same contempt of their antagonists; and the same passionate vehemence, in inforcing sophistry and falsehood. And as reasoning is not the source, whence either disputant derives his tenets; it is in vain to expect, that any logic, which speaks not to the affections, will ever engage him to embrace sounder principles...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jovian Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781537802206
• Artikelnr.: 50118673

Autorenporträt

David Hume (7 May 1711 - 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.