In his "Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind," he wrote, "In the midst of so much philosophy, humanity, and civilization, and of such sublime codes of morality, we have nothing to show for ourselves but a frivolous and deceitful appearance, honor without virtue, reason without wisdom, and pleasure without happiness".
The sharp hostility toward contemporary society already evident in his Discours sur les sciences et les arts (1750; Discourse on the Sciences and Arts) is more profoundly elaborated in the Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes (1755; "Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men"; Eng. trans. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality).
Hume's primary aim in The Natural History of Religion, as we have noted, is to show that the origin and foundations of religious belief does not rest with reason or philosophical argument.
The very origins and foundations of the Christian faith lie with the poor, the ostracised and the marginalised.
Now the formidably prolific François Ozon has attempted the same trope in a movie that promises to show his own maturity as a film-maker, and has led to his being compared to Ingmar Bergman. 5 x 2 investigates the origins and foundations of a love affair gone wrong - a couple's disintegration in five scenes.
In both cases, he argues, what is to be overcome is modernity, characterized by the image that philosophy and science are progressive developments in which thought and knowledge increasingly appropriate their own origins and foundations.
Hume's primary objective in this work is to show that the origins and foundations of religious belief do not rest with reason or philosophical arguments of any kind but with aspects of human nature that reflect our weaknesses, vulnerabilities and limitations (i.e., fear and ignorance).
A little further down the line no doubt we'll be going into the origins and foundations of his condition, but for now, it's far more about this poor kid dealing with the realities of his situation.
This article has focused on the origins and foundations of autism as a concept in Britain.
The majority of foreign agents are foundations of US origin and private foundations (like Dynasty Fund of Dmitry Zimin).
It also rejected the concepts of the "nation" and national identity invoked in support of the war, claiming that common language, origin and culture (the foundations of a nation) did not exist in Germany.
