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David Hume

1711–1776

Lived

1711–1776

Place

Edinburgh

In the tenth paragraph

Scottish philosopher who pushed Locke’s method further. He traced our belief in cause and effect to habit, and he found no self beyond a bundle of perceptions. The Natural History of Religion (1757) explained religion by human hopes and fears.

Where they appear

Ethics: What do I do now? · Ghazali · 10. Religion and the sex-impulse

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