Hume Concludes: "If We Take in Our Hand Any Volume;

question 149

True/False

Hume concludes: "If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No." Then commit it to the flames.

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