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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

2196	The observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy [Hume]
	Full Idea: The observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy.
	From: David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], IV.I.26)
	A reaction: No wonder some people dislike philosophy. There is no question that the human race is often ludicrously over-confident about its attempts to understand, and a careful examination of the situation tends to undermine such confidence.