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Quotation from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

“Where reason is lively, and mixes itself with some propensity, it ought to be assented to”

David Hume (spoken by Hume)

A Treatise of Human Nature, Book I, Part IV, Sect. 7 (Conclusion of this Book) (Project Gutenberg #4705)

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Hume's compromise rule for continuing to philosophize after his crisis.

Citation: "Where reason is lively, and mixes itself with some propensity, it ought to be assented to" — David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book I, Part IV, Sect. 7 (Conclusion of this Book) (Project Gutenberg #4705). (id a-treatise-of-human-nature-q10)

Portrait: David Hume, Allan Ramsay, Public domain.

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