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May 16, 2022 · David Hume’s concept of the self does not only differ from but runs counter to Descartes’s and the other philosophers of the self, such as Plato and Aristotle. This is because, for Hume, there is no such thing as a “self”. Let me briefly explain why for Hume the concept of the self is an illusion.
Jan 22, 2013 · Even today, argument rages as to what Hume’s view on personal identity really was. I have mentioned the Reid-inspired ‘no-ownership’ view of self, often attributed (wrongly I believe) to Hume. And there are views other than those I have expressed as to why Hume said his ‘hopes vanish’.
- There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse. David Hume. Choices, Freedom Of Choice, Refuse.
- A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. David Hume. Wise, Wisdom, Knowledge.
- When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken. David Hume. Men, Stupidity, Arrogance.
- All knowledge degenerates into probability. David Hume. Knowledge, Science, Degenerates.
Hume recognizes various forms of what might be called self-love. In contrast to some of his contemporaries, who saw philosophical egoism as an encroaching modern danger, he foregrounds the perennial nature of such theories.
- “In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.
- “Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.” ― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
- “Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return? ... I am confounded with all these questions, and begin to fancy myself in the most deplorable condition imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness, and utterly deprived of the use of every member and faculty.
- “The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstructions in this way, or open up any new prospect, ought so far to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind.”
356 quotes from David Hume: 'Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.', 'Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.', and 'No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.'
He asserts that the soul, as far as we can conceive it, is nothing but a system or train of different perceptions, those of heat and cold, love and anger, thoughts and sensations, all united together, but without any perfect simplicity or identity.
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