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— Jean-Baptiste Say"The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor."
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Bacon, Locke, Descartes, Hume, and all the others knew they were giving rights to vulgarity. But in so doing in addition to caring for man's well-being they were providing rights for themselves.
— Allan Bloom
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In fact, I think it was the philosopher Hume who argued that it's far more likely that a miracle is a new physical phenomenon that we have yet to discover and have now discovered in that moment than it is a spiritual force coming down from God making something happen in front of you.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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