Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow.
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To have recourse to the veracity of the supreme Being, in order to prove the veracity of our senses, is surely making a very unexpected circuit.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Hume suggests that relying on a divine being to validate our perceptions is an unconventional approach.
In this quote, David Hume critiques the idea of using religious belief to affirm the truth of our senses. He implies that it's illogical to seek validation from a higher power for something as personal and immediate as our sensory experiences, thus highlighting the complexities of belief, knowledge, and perception.
Themes
PerceptionSensesBeliefPhilosophyTruth
In practice
Example use cases
In a philosophy class discussing the nature of truth and perception.
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