Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upo… - David Hume

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Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upon the province of grammarians; and to engage in disputes of words, while they imagine that they are handling controversies of the deepest importance and concern.

David Hume

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals · 1983 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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