Single Idea 2702

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 4. Pro-Empiricism]

Full Idea

None but a fool or a madman will ever pretend to dispute the authority of experience.

Gist of Idea

Only madmen dispute the authority of experience

Source

David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], IV.II.31)

Book Reference

Hume,David: 'Enquiries Conc. Human Understanding, Morals', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1975], p.36

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