Associations to the word «Hume»

Wiktionary

HUME, proper noun. A Scottish habitational surname from Home in Berwickshire.
HUME, proper noun. An English, Irish and Scottish surname, a variant of Holme.
HUME, proper noun. David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian.

Dictionary definition

HUME, noun. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley