Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)

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Art may make a suit of clothes but nature must produce a man.
Art may make a suit of clothes: but nature must produce a man.
Beauty in things exist in the mind which contemplates them.
Custom is the great guide of human life.
History is the discovering of the constant and universal principles of human nature.
If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, "Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number?" No. "Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?" No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
Truth, springs from agrument amongst friends.

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