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Scottish Enlightenment Philosopher, Historian, Economist, Librarian and Essayist, as well as Philosophical Empiricist, Skeptic, and Naturalist
: Generally regarded as one of the most important philosophers to write in English, David Hume (1711?1776) was also well known in his own time as an historian and essayist. (From: Plato.Stanford.edu.)
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Quote #4 on Education Struggle Quotes >> Learning and Philosophy
“My studious disposition, my sobriety, and my industry, gave my family a notion that the law was a proper profession for me; but I found an unsurmountable aversion to every thing but the pursuits of philosophy and general learning...”
Source: "Essays Moral, Political, and Literary," by David Hume, edited by Liberty Fund, 1777, with a forward by Eugene F. Miller, 1 October 1984. Section: The Life of David Hume, Esq. Section: The Life of David Hume, Esq.
"Essays Moral, Political, and Literary," by David Hume, edited by Liberty Fund, 1777, with a forward by Eugene F. Miller, 1 October 1984. Section: The Life of David Hume, Esq.
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