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Quotation from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
“The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation”
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section II (Project Gutenberg #9662)
The difference between impressions and ideas, which Hume says only disease or madness can collapse.
Citation: "The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation" — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section II (Project Gutenberg #9662). (id an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding-q2)
Portrait: David Hume, Allan Ramsay, Public domain.
