..."But can a conclusion, with any propriety, be transferred from part to whole? . . . What particular privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favor does indeed present...

...can be admitted), yet why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle as the reason and design of animals is found to be upon this planet? What peculiar...agitation of the brain which we call "thought", that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favor does indeed present...

...can be admitted); yet why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle as the reason and design of animals is found to be upon this planet? What peculiar...agitation of the brain which we call thought,* that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favour does indeed present...

...can be admitted;) yet why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle as the reason and design of animals is found to be upon this planet? What peculiar...agitation of the brain, which we call thought, that we must make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favour does indeed present...

...admitted) yet why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle as the reason and design of animals as found to be upon this planet? What peculiar privilege...agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favour does indeed present...

...it is, but the reasoning, being grounded in empirical fact, cannot have the certainty of the former. What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must make it the model of the whole universe? David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion For...

...can be admitted); yet why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle, as the reason and design of animals is found to be upon this planet? What peculiar...agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? 22 The common people (from the Latin for "the common...

...Going, Going, Gone: The Place of Poetry in American Letters 167 16. The Writing Life 181 Credits 191 What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we take it to be the model of the whole universe? DAVID HUME Author's Note In 1996 I published an essay...

...can be admitted), yet why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle as the reason and design of animals is found to be upon this planet? What peculiar...agitation of the brain which we call "thought," that we must make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favor does indeed present it...

...us much about the universe. The wonder of human thought should not make us expect thought elsewhere: "What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe? Our partiality in our own favor does indeed present...