An idea from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

What survives is a milder doubt worth keeping. It makes confident people more modest once they see how weak everyone’s understanding is. It also keeps questions close to daily life and leaves the origin of worlds alone.

From An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

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