Does a man of sense run after every silly tale of hobgoblin… - David Hume

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Does a man of sense run after every silly tale of hobgoblins or fairies, and canvass particularly the evidence? I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.

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David Hume (7 May 1711, N.S. [April 26, O.S.] – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist.

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I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.

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