I observe that when we mention any great number, such as a thousand, the mind has generally no adequate idea of it, but only a power of producing such an idea by its adequate idea of the decimals, under which the number is comprehended.


A Treatise of Human Nature, Book I, Part I, Section VII (p. 70), Penguin Books. 1969

David Hume Quotes

I observe that when we mention any great number, such as a thousand, the mind has generally no adequate idea of it, but only a power of producing...

I observe that when we mention any great number, such as a thousand, the mind has generally no adequate idea of it, but only a power of producing...

I observe that when we mention any great number, such as a thousand, the mind has generally no adequate idea of it, but only a power of producing...

I observe that when we mention any great number, such as a thousand, the mind has generally no adequate idea of it, but only a power of producing...