David Hume — "The savage tribes of America, Africa, and Asia are all idolaters. Not a single e…"

The savage tribes of America, Africa, and Asia are all idolaters. Not a single exception to this rule. Insomuch, that, were a traveller to transport himself into any unknown region; if he found inhabitants cultivated with arts and science... But if he found them ignorant and barbarous, he might beforehand declare them idolaters; and there scarcely is a possibility of his being mistaken.
David Hume — David Hume Early Modern · Empiricism, skepticism

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The Natural History of Religion, Section I

Date: 1757

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