Perspective voyage · 1748
Even if repetition explains expectation, does it prove that the future must resemble the past?
This is an editorial route for the viewer. Similar ideas are not presented as direct influence or a single line of progress.
The question that moves this idea
Instead of memorizing a conclusion, follow the evidence scenes to see what this perspective distinguishes and where its explanation stops.
Past experience directly concerns the objects and periods observed; extending it to similar new objects and future periods requires a further inference.
This sentence is an editorial paraphrase linked to the listed sources, not a direct quotation.
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding
David Hume · 1748 · Hume Texts Online critical text with E/SBN paragraph numbering
Locator: E 4.16–4.17
Open sourceTime × place
We do not invent a birthplace for an idea. Only evidence-backed events such as writing, publication, teaching, and reception appear here.
1748 CE · 1748
Keep the voyage moving
Compare this perspective with three others on the same cases.
Enter the judgment sceneRestore the period, works, and places behind the single claim.
Open the person’s full voyageSee what the same thinker distinguishes differently in another question.
Try the next perspective