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Every idea is copied from some preceding impression or sentiment; and where we cannot find any impression, we may be certain that there is no idea. (p.56)

p.21: „Every effect is a distinct event from its cause“

I say then, that belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. (p.35)

I must confess, that a man is guilty of unpardonable arrogance, who concludes, because an argument has escaped his own investigation, that therefore it does not really exist. (p. 28)

The idea of God, as meaning an infinitely intelligent, wise and good Being, arises from reflecting on the operations of our own mind, and augmenting, without limit, those qualities of goodness and wisdom. (p.14)

Indulge your passion for science , says she, but let your science be human, and such as may have a direct reference to action and society. (p.5)