David Hume Quote

Necessity may be defined in two ways, conformably to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. It consists either in the constant conjunction of like objects, or in the inference of the understating from one object to another.


§ 8.27 - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)


Necessity may be defined in two ways, conformably to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. It consists either in the...

Necessity may be defined in two ways, conformably to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. It consists either in the...

Necessity may be defined in two ways, conformably to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. It consists either in the...

Necessity may be defined in two ways, conformably to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. It consists either in the...