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Work title:
"An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals"
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Metaphor Category:
"Fire"
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Date: 1751, 1777
"Every movement of the theatre, by a skilful poet, is communicated, as it were by magic, to the spectators; who weep, tremble, resent, rejoice, and are inflamed with all the variety of passions, which actuate the several personages of the drama."
preview | full record— Hume, David (1711-1776)
Date: 1751, 1777
"It is sufficient for our present purpose, if it be allowed, what surely, without the greatest absurdity, cannot be disputed, that there is some benevolence, however small, infused into our bosom; some spark of friendship for human kind; some particle of the dove, kneaded into our frame, along wi...
preview | full record— Hume, David (1711-1776)
Date: 1751, 1777
"No selfishness, and scarce any philosophy, have there force sufficient to support a total coolness and indifference; and he must be more or less than man, who kindles not in the common blaze."
preview | full record— Hume, David (1711-1776)
