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The whole is a riddle, an enigma, an inexplicable mystery. doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the only result of ourmost accurate scrutiny, concerning this subject. but such is the frailty of human reason, and such the irresistible contagion of opinion, that even this deliberate doubt could scarcely be upheld; did we not enlarge our view, and opposing one species of superstition to another, set them a quarrelling; while we ourselves, during their fury and contention, happily make our escape into the calm, though obscure, regions of philosophy.
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The Whole Is A Riddle, An Enigma,

David Hume
The whole is a riddle, an enigma, an inexplicable mystery. doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the only result of ourmost accurate scrutiny, concerning this subject. but such is the frailty of human reason, and such the irresistible contagion of opinion, that even this deliberate doubt could scarcely be upheld; did we not enlarge our view, and opposing one species of superstition to another, set them a quarrelling; while we ourselves, during their fury and contention, happily make our escape into the calm, though obscure, regions of philosophy.
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