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History is the discovering of the principles of human nature.

History is the discovering of the principles of human nature.

David Hume
History, Principles, Human Nature

Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature.

David Hume
History, Principles, Use
David Hume (1788). “An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions. An inquiry concerning the principles of morals. The natural history of religion”, p.90

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