I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other w… - David Hume

Weakness, fear, melancholy, together with ignorance, are, therefore, the true sources of Superstition.

As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning it origin in human nature.

In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.