&quot;The anatomist ought never to emulate the painter; nor in his accurate dissections and portraitures of the smaller parts of the human body, pretend to give his figures any graceful and engaging attitude or expression. There is even something hideous, or at least minute, in the views of things which he presents; and it is necessary the objects should be set more at a distance, and be more covered up from sight, to make them engaging to the eye and imagination. An anatomist, however, is admirably fitted to give advice to a painter; and it is even impracticable to excel in the latter art without the assistance of the former."
A Treatise of Human Nature [Vol. III]
Published anonymously with vols. I and II appearing in January in 1739 and vol. III appearing in November of 1740. Only 1 entry in the ESTC (1739, 1740).<br>
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David Hume, <u>A Treatise of Human Nature. Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects.</u> 3 vols. (London: Printed for John Noon, 1739; Thomas Longman, 1740). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T4002">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW118260024&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/342">Link to OLL</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading David Hume, <u>A Treatise of Human Nature</u>, eds. D. F. and M. J. Norton (Oxford: OUP, 2000).