"Virtue, placed at such a distance, is like a fixed star, which, though to the eye of reason, it may appear as luminous as the sun in his meridian, is so infinitely removed, as to affect the senses, neither with light nor heat."
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Working from Nidditch's census and confirming 3 entries through the ESTC (1751, 1753, 1760, 1764, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1772, 1777).<br>
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First published as <u>An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals. By David Hume, Esq</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1751). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW119331113&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004806387.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from David Hume, <u>Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals</u>. ed. L. A. Selby-Bigge, rev. ed. P. H. Nidditch (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1975).