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DISPUTES with men, pertinaciously obstinate in their principles, are, of all others, the most irksome; except, perhaps, those with persons, entirely disingenuous, who really do not believ… More...

DISPUTES with men, pertinaciously obstinate in their principles, are, of all others, the most irksome; except, perhaps, those with persons, entirely disingenuous, who really do not believe the opinions they defend, but engage in the controversy, from affectation, from a spirit of opposition, or from a desire of showing wit and ingenuity, superior to the rest of mankind. The same blind adherence to their own arguments is to be expected in both; the same contempt of their antagonists; and the same DISPUTES with men, pertinaciously obstinate in their principles, are, of all others, the most irksome; except, perhaps, those with persons, entirely disingenuous, who really do not believe the opinions they defend, but engage in the controversy, from affectation, from a spirit of opposition, or from a desire of showing wit and ingenuity, superior to the rest of mankind. The same blind adherence to their own arguments is to be expected in both; the same contempt of their antagonists; and the same passionate vehemence, in inforcing sophistry and falsehood. And as reasoning is not the source, whence either disputant derives his tenets; it is in vain to expect, that any logic, which speaks not to the affections, will ever engage him to embrace sounder principles. Those who have denied the reality of moral distinctions, may be ranked among the disingenuous disputants; nor is it conceivable, that any human creature could ever seriously believe, that all characters and actions were alike entitled to the affection and regard of everyone. The difference, which nature has placed between one man and another, is so wide, and this difference is still so much farther widened, by education, example, and habit, that, where the opposite extremes come at once under our apprehension, there is no scepticism so scrupulous, and scarce any assurance so determined, as absolutely to deny all distinction between them. Let a man's insensibility be ever so great, he must often be touched with the images of Right and Wrong; and let his prejudices be ever so obstinate, he must observe, that others are susceptible of like impressions. The only way, therefore, of converting an antagonist of this kind, is to leave him to himself. For, finding that nobody keeps up the controversy with him, it is probable he will, at last, of himself, from mere weariness, come over to the side of common sense and reason. Fiction & Literature, , An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals~~ David Hume~~Fiction & Literature~~9781613107669, EN, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, David Hume, 9781613107669, Library of Alexandria, 03/08/2015, , , , Library of Alexandria, 03/08/2015<

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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Fiction & Literature, , An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals~~ David Hume~~Fiction & Literature~~9781613107669, EN, An Enquiry Con… More...

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Fiction & Literature, , An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals~~ David Hume~~Fiction & Literature~~9781613107669, EN, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, David Hume, 9781613107669, Library of Alexandria, 03/08/2015, , , , Library of Alexandria, 03/08/2015<

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