 | David Hume (May 7, 1711 - August 25, 1776) on Learning and Politics(published by RevoltSource) |
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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 #1 on Education Struggle Quotes >> Learning and Politics
“...it is impossible for the arts and sciences to arise, at first, among any people unless that people enjoy the blessing of a free government.”
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. Part I. Essay XIV. Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences.
"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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