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Biography - David Hume:

Scottish philosopher, historian and economist.
Born: 1711 - Died: 1776
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Every effect is an event different from its cause.


Note 

Note



“In a word, then, every effect is a distinct event from its cause.


Source: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Internet Archive - Hume - An enquiry concerning human understanding; and Selections from a treatise of human nature (en) 




Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Jede Wirkung ist ein von ihrer Ursache verschiedenes Ereignis.

French
Tout effet est un événement distinct de sa cause.




See also 

See also...



The present is big with the future; the future could be read in the past; the distant is expressed in the near.

The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.




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Happy, if we can unite the boundaries of the different species of philosophy, by reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty!





Good sense and genius beget esteem and regard: Wit and humour excite love and affection.





A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty.












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