"A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century."
-David Hume
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"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous those in philosophy only ridiculous.“
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"The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one."
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