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  • David Hume was Scottish. One of the great philosophers, Hume's wide-ranging thought incorporates a skeptical attack on the power of human reason along with an explanation of how the natural operations of mind and conduct generate beliefs and contribute to the formation of moral and political order. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Hume, David (1711–1776)]

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