9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- People : ---------------------------------- Author : David Hume : Essays Moral, Political, and Literary Text : ---------------------------------- Philosophical devotion, for instance, like the enthusiasm of a poet, is the transitory effect of high spirits, great leisure, a fine genius, and a habit of study and contemplation: But notwithstanding all these circumstances, an abstract, invisible object, like that which natural religion alone presents to us, cannot long actuate the mind, or be of any moment in life. From : Part I. Essay XVIII. The Skeptic. Events : ---------------------------------- 9 -- Added : May 23, 2020 9 -- Updated : July 06, 2022 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://RevoltSource.com/