#good-for-intro > I feel an ambition to arise in me of contributing to the instruction of > mankind, and of acquiring a name by my inventions and discoveries. These > sentiments spring up naturally in my present disposition; and shou’d I > endeavour to banish them, by attaching myself to any other business or > diversion, I feel I shou’d be a loser in point of pleasure; and this is the > origin of my philosophy. > ([Treatise 1.4.7.12](http://davidhume.org/texts/thn.html#T1dot4dot7dot12))