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Full Idea
But let us beware, lest we think, that our ideas anywise correspond to his perfections, or that his attributes have any resemblance to these qualities among men.
Gist of Idea
We can't assume God's perfections are like our ideas or like human attributes
Source
David Hume (Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion [1751], Part 2)
Book Ref
Hume,David: 'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion' [Penguin], p.53