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

if mr miller had included the sunny and admirable david hume and some other less troubled souls in his portraits, his gallery of philosophers could have been brighter overall.

如果米勒先生在这些人物志中加入阳光乐观的思想，令人赞许的戴维德.休谟和其他轻盈释然的心灵，那么他整个哲学家集锦的基调会明朗得多。

in his 「enquiry concerning human nature,」 david hume rejects religious belief during a period of fervent religious faith in american history.

在他的「询问人类本性（enquiryconcerninghumannature）」中，大卫·休谟在美国历史上的宗教狂热期间，抵制了宗教信仰。

david hume strongly challenges causality as a base for empirical natural science, which deeply influences western knowledge theory as well as contemporary science philosophy.

休谟对作为经验自然科学基础的因果律提出了最强有力的诘难，这一诘难深刻地影响了西方知识论和当代科学哲学。

if forced to choose between two vices, luxury and sloth, david hume would have preferred luxury, because to banish it without curing sloth would only diminish industry.

如果被迫在奢侈和懒惰两害中取其一，大卫·休谟会选择奢侈，因为禁止奢侈而不消除懒惰，只会减少勤奋。

david hume suggested that 「the amusements, which are the most durable, have all a mixture of application and attention in them; such as gaming and hunting.」

大卫?休谟暗示「那些最为持久的娱乐活动，比如游戏和打猎，其中包含了努力和专注的结合」。

david hume is a traditional philosopher with modern philosophy sense.

休谟是一位有着现代哲学意味的传统哲学家。

two hundred years earlier, british philosopher david hume wrote, 「a wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.」

200年前，英国哲学家大卫?休谟在书中写到「智者斟酌事实来确定自己的信念。」

even david hume , who was influenced quite a lot by hobbes in various ways hardly mentions him .

即便是在各方面都受他影响很深的大卫休谟,也对他避而不谈。

david hume another example of this is another philosopher,david hume, whom we'll be reading at the end of the semester.

另一个例子是另一个哲学家，你们在学期末就会读到他。

even the greatest philosophers, like kant and hegel, were, unlike david hume in england or voltaire in france, not exactly beacons of political liberalism.

甚至德国最伟大的哲学家，如康德和黑格尔，都未能象英国的休姆和法国的伏尔泰那样，成为政治自由主义的先驱。

the people shown here what we got david hume on the left, sir peter strawson who was at magdalen for many years and i think started out at university college so he is very much an oxford man.

我们在图片中所展示的人物，从左到右依次是大卫休谟，皮特斯特劳森爵士，他在马达兰群岛生活多年,我认为他发迹于大学，无疑是牛津的代表。

david hume tells the story of a man who is hung out of a high tower in a cage of iron.

大卫·休谟讲了这么个故事：有个人被关在一个铁笼子里悬在高塔上。