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Delicacy of taste should be cultivated, while delicacy of passion should be remedied

Drawn from what David Hume said

Subjecttaste
What this subject means

taste Whether good and bad exist in made things, and how a maker comes to tell them apart.

What David Hume actually said

  1. David Hume Scottish philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment (1711 to 1776)
    I believe, however, every one will agree with me, that notwithstanding this resemblance, delicacy of taste is as much to be desired and cultivated, as delicacy of passion is to be lamented, and to be remedied, if possible.

    Where this was said

    ↗Essays, Moral and Political (selection; 1741-1776)gutenberg.org

    c. 1741–1776

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