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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

David Hume
Wise, Wisdom, Knowledge
1748 An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, section 10, pt.1.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

David Hume
Knowledge, Science, Degenerates
David Hume (2015). “A Treatise of Human Nature: Top Philosophy Collections”, p.144, 谷月社

All knowledge resolves itself into probability. ... In every judgment, which we can form concerning probability, as well as concerning knowledge, we ought always to correct the first judgment deriv'd from the nature of the object, by another judgment, deriv'd from the nature of the understanding.

David Hume
Knowledge, Science, Understanding
David Hume (2003). “A Treatise of Human Nature”, p.130, Courier Corporation

We need only reflect on what has been prov'd at large, that we are never sensible of any connexion betwixt causes and effects, and that 'tis only by our experience of their constant conjunction, we can arrive at any knowledge of this relation.

David Hume
Knowledge, Science, Needs
David Hume (2003). “A Treatise of Human Nature”, p.176, Courier Corporation

It seems to me, that the only Objects of the abstract Sciences or of Demonstration is Quantity and Number, and that all Attempts to extend this more perfect Species of Knowledge beyond these Bounds are mere Sophistry and Illusion.

David Hume
Knowledge, Science, Numbers
David Hume (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)”, p.1066, Delphi Classics

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