David Hume — "'Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the …"

'Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. 'Tis not contrary to reason for me to chuse my total ruin, to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian or personal wholly unknown to me.
David Hume — David Hume Early Modern · Empiricism, skepticism

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A Treatise of Human Nature, Book 2, Part 3, Section 3

Date: 1739-40

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