David Hume Quotes about Desire

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Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

David Hume

Reflection, Understanding, Desire

"An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding". Book by David Hume. Section 10: "Of Miracles", Part 2, 1758.

Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons.

David Hume

Passion, Greed, Desire

David Hume (1998). “Selected Essays”, p.58, Oxford Paperbacks

Almost every one has a predominant inclination, to which his other desires and affections submit, and which governs him, though perhaps with some intervals, though the whole course of his life.

David Hume

Desire, Affection, Submit

David Hume, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord “Moral Philosophy”, Hackett Publishing

David Hume Quotes about Desire

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