English Philosopher

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    The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.
    —18th-century English proverb.

    Do you come to a philosopher as to a cunning man, to learn something by magic or witchcraft, beyond what can be known by common prudence and discretion?
    David Hume (1711–1776)