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>From MILDRED FERENTINO:

"These principles may flourish and triumph in the schools; where it is indeed difficult if not impossible to refute them. But as soon as they leave the shade and by the presence of the real objects, which actuate our passions and sentiments, are put in opposition to the more powerful principles of our nature, they vanish like smoke and leave the most determined sceptic in the same condition as other mortals." pg 109

>rm says: This is sort of close, with "these principles" referring to skepticism. Still, I'd like to see some explanation.

Hume Reading Guide 67. "The great subverter of Pyrrhonism or the excessive principles of scepticism, is action, and employment, and the occupations of common life." (109) Explain.		Back to Hume Reading Guide Back to Philosophy 101 Home Next Question
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