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Quotation from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
“Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man”
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section I (Project Gutenberg #9662)
Nature warns that abstruse thought will be punished with 'pensive melancholy' and uncertainty unless balanced by action and society.
Citation: "Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man" — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section I (Project Gutenberg #9662). (id an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding-q1)
Portrait: David Hume, Allan Ramsay, Public domain.
