David Hume Quote

We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.


A treatise of human nature [by D. Hume]. (ed. 1817)


We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and...

We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and...

We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and...

We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and...