While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the imperfections of the mechanical philosophy, so agreeable to the natural vanity and curiosity of men; and thereby restored her ultimate secrets to that obscurity, in which they ever did and ever will remain. David Hume
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  1. Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
  2. Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
  3. Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
  4. It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.
  5. No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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