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1、ATREATISEOFHumanNature:BEINGAnATTEMPTtointroducetheexperimentalMethodofReasoningINTOMORALSUBJECTS.DAVIDHUMERaratemporumfelicitas,ubisentire,quaebelis;&quaesentias,decerelicet.TACIT.VOL.1.OFTHEUNDERSTANDING.ADVERTISEMENT.Mydesigninthepresentworkissufficientlyexplain'd
2、intheIntroduction.Thereadermustonlyobserve,thatallthesubjectsIhavethereplann'douttomyself,arenottreatedofinthesetwovolumes.ThesubjectsoftheUnderstandingandPassionsmakeacompleatchainofreasoningbythemselves;andIwaswillingtotakeadvantageofthisnaturaldivision,inordertotr
3、ythetasteofthepublic.IfIhavethegoodfortunetomeetwithsuccess,IshallproceedtotheexaminationofMorals,Politics,andCriticism;whichwillcompleatthisTreatiseofHumanNature.TheapprobationofthepublicIconsiderasthegreatestrewardofmylabours;butamdetermin'dtoregarditsjudgment,what
4、everitbe,asmybestinstruction.INTRODUCTION.Nothingismoreusualandmorenaturalforthose,whopretendtodiscoveranythingnewtotheworldinphilosophyandthesciences,thantoinsinuatethepraisesoftheirownsystems,bydecryingallthose,whichhavebeenadvancedbeforethem.Andindeedweretheyconte
5、ntwithlamentingthatignorance,whichwestilllieunderinthemostimportantquestions,thatcancomebeforethetribunalofhumanreason,therearefew,whohaveanacquaintancewiththesciences,thatwouldnotreadilyagreewiththem.'Tiseasyforoneofjudgmentandlearning,toperceivetheweakfoundationeve
6、nofthosesystems,whichhaveobtainedthegreatestcredit,andhavecarriedtheirpretensionshighesttoaccurateandprofoundreasoning.Principlestakenupontrust,consequenceslamelydeducedfromthem,wantofcoherenceintheparts,andofevidenceinthewhole,theseareeverywheretobemetwithinthesyste
7、msofthemosteminentphilosophers,andseemtohavedrawndisgraceuponphilosophyitself.Noristhererequir'dsuchprofoundknowledgetodiscoverthepresentimperfectconditionofthesciences,buteventherabblewithoutdoorsmay,judgefromthenoiseandclamour,whichtheyhear,thatallgoesnotwellwithin
8、.Thereisnothingwhichisnotthesubjectofdebate,andinwhichmenoflearningarenotofcontraryopinions.Themosttrivialquestionescapesnotourcont
