Date: 1766
"They suppose the same domineering pride and ingratitude to be the basis of his character; but they are also willing to believe, that his brain has received a sensible shock, and that his judgment, set afloat, is carried to every side, as it is pushed by the current of his humours and of his pass...
preview | full record— Hume, David (1711-1776); with Rousseau, d'Alembert, and Walpole