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Quotation from Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume

“We are terrified, not bribed to the continuance of our existence”

David Hume (spoken by Philo)

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Part 10 (Project Gutenberg #4583)

Portrait of David Hume

Philo's answer to the objection that the miserable would leave life if they were really unhappy.

Citation: "We are terrified, not bribed to the continuance of our existence" — David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Part 10 (Project Gutenberg #4583). (id dialogues-concerning-natural-religion-q8)

Portrait: David Hume, Allan Ramsay, Public domain.

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