In the concluding section of Treatise Book 1, David Hume mentions "curiosity" as one of the passions that motivate him to resume his philosophy. Thus, for Hume, curiosity, the passion of "the love of truth," is deeply connected to the self-understanding of his philosophical inquiry. In this paper, I argue that Hume considers the usefulness of the truth supposed to be discovered to be particularly important for continuing philosophy or science. I then offer the interpretation that Hume not only distinguishes his philosophical inquiry from that of Pyrrhonism, but also regards Pyrrhonism as ephemeral and impractical, in the light of the usefulness of the truth it pursues.
