Full Idea
An unexperienced reasoner could be no reasoner at all, were he absolutely unexperienced.
Gist of Idea
You couldn't reason at all if you lacked experience
Source
David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], V.I.36 n.1)
Book Reference
Hume,David: 'Enquiries Conc. Human Understanding, Morals', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1975], p.45