What David Hume thinks about ambition

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Scottish philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment (1711 to 1776), born in Edinburgh; author of A Treatise of Human Nature, the Enquiries, and a History of England.

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   Our readingParties of religion are now more furious than factions born of interest and ambition

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   Their wordsSects of philosophy, in the ancient world, were more zealous than parties of religion; but, in modern times, parties of religion are more furious and enraged than the most cruel factions that ever arose from interest and ambition.

   ↗Essays, Moral and Political (selection; 1741-1776)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book