(休谟) Hume - [1748] 1910 - An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding

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1、ANENQUIRYCONCERNINGHUMANUNDERSTANDINGbyDAVIDHUMEHarvardClassicsVolume37Copyright1910P.F.Collier&SonAbouttheonlineedition.Thiswasscannedfromthe1910editionandmechanicallycheckedagainstacommercialcopyofthetextfromCDROM.Differenceswerecorrectedagainstthepaperedition.Thetextitself

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4、ionXI-OFAPARTICULARPROVIDENCEANDOFAFUTURESTATE·SectionXII-OFTHEACADEMICALORSCEPTICALPHILOSOPHYoPartIoPartIIoPartIIISECTIONIOFTHEDIFFERENTSPECIESOFPHILOSOPHY.MORALphilosophy,orthescienceofhumannature,maybetreatedaftertwodifferentmanners;eachofwhichhasitspeculiarmerit,andmaycon

5、tributetotheentertainment,instruction,andreformationofmankind.Theoneconsidersmanchieflyasbornforaction;andasinfluencedinhismeasuresbytasteandsentiment;pursuingoneobject,andavoidinganother,accordingtothevaluewhichtheseobjectsseemtopossess,andaccordingtothelightinwhichtheyprese

6、ntthemselves.Asvirtue,ofallobjects,isallowedtobethemostvaluable,thisspeciesofphilosopherspaintherinthemostamiablecolours;borrowingallhelpsfrompoetryandeloquence,andtreatingtheirsubjectinaneasyandobviousmanner,andsuchasisbestfittedtopleasetheimagination,andengagetheaffections.

7、Theyselectthemoststrikingobservationsandinstancesfromcommonlife;placeoppositecharactersinapropercontrast;andalluringusintothepathsofvirtuebytheviewsofgloryandhappiness,directourstepsinthesepathsbythesoundestpreceptsandmostillustriousexamples.Theymakeusfeelthedifferencebetween

8、viceandvirtue;theyexciteandregulateoursentiments;andsotheycanbutbend