David Hume
<p>Jan 18, 2010 11:33 PM
 
British empiricists  John Locke
 
David Hume quote...  (utility fxn is completely separ from rationality)
It is <b>not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger</b>. (A Treatise Upon Human Nature)
<a href="http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/famous/david_hume/it_is_not_contrary_to_reason_4296" >David Hume quote</a>
<b>Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions</b>, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them (A Treatise Upon Human Nature)</p>