To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian.

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.

Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.

Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the ease with which the many are governed by the few

I consider early childhood events as most essential to a man's scientific and philosophical development.