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.....There is no method of reasoning more common, and yet none more blamable, than in philosophical disputes to endeavor the refutation of any hypothesis by a pretense of its dangerous consequences to religion and morality. When any opinion leads to absurdities it is certainly false, but it is not certain that an opinion is false because it is of dangerous consequence.
..........— David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish philosopher. An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section VIII: Of Liberty And Necessity, Part II.
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