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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. It's amazing to me how much we do, but how little time we spend reflecting on what we just did.
David Hume
Born: May 7, 1711
Died: August 25, 1776 (aged 65)
Bio: David Hume or David Home was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of radical philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.
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human, nature, men, reason, philosophy, experience, principles, life, order, mankind, passions, real, sentiments, fact, science
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