#David-Hume
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Celibacy, fasting, penance, mortification, self-denial, humility, silence, solitude, and the whole train of monkish virtues; for what reason are they every where rejected by men of sense, but because they serve to no manner of purpose
Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, seção IX, parte I (1751). Hume tira as virtudes monásticas, humildade inclusa, do catálogo das virtudes: não servem a propósito nenhum.
Hume's guillotine: One cannot derive an 'ought' from an 'is'
Princípio de David Hume no 'Treatise of Human Nature' (1739). O nome 'guillotine' foi cunhado depois por Alasdair MacIntyre.