This avidity alone, of acquiring goods a... by David Hume

History Society Friends Ethics philosopher

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.

- David Hume

Other quotes by David Hume

Life

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

- David Hume

Education Sense Men

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves.

- David Hume

Christian Sound First Man Being

To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian.

- David Hume

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause.

- David Hume

Liberty

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

- David Hume

Man

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

- David Hume

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