A Treatise of Human Nature · Chapter
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The epigraph quotes Tacitus, expressing the rare fortune of times when one can think what one wants and say what one thinks.
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The epigraph quotes Tacitus, expressing the rare fortune of times when one can think what one wants and say what one thinks.
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“Rara temporum felicitas, ubi sentire, quae velis; & quae sentias, dicere licet.”
Happy are the rare times when you may feel what you wish and say what you feel.
This epigraph sets a tone of intellectual freedom, which Hume likely aligns with his own philosophical endeavors.
