If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, "Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number?" No. "Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?" No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion. - David Hume

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David Hume: "If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, "Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number?" No. "Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?" No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion."

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Abstract	Commit	Concerning	Contain
Divinity	Existence	Experimental	Fact
Flames	Hand	Illusion	Instance
Matter	Metaphysics	Nothing	Number
Quantity	Reasoning	School	Sophistry
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