With an introduction by Charlotte R. Brown and William Edward Morris.
David Hume (1711-1776) was the most important philosopher ever to write in English, as well as a master stylist. This volume contains his major philosophical works. A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-1740), published while Hume was still in his twenties, consists of three books on the understanding, the passions, and morals. It applies the experimental method of reasoning to human nature in a revolution that was intended to make Hume the Newton of the moral sciences. Disappointed with the...
With an introduction by Charlotte R. Brown and William Edward Morris.
David Hume (1711-1776) was the most important philoso...
David Hume is one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in English. His Dialogues ask if a belief in God can be inferred from what is known of the universe, or whether such a belief is even consistent with such knowledge. The Natural History of Religion investigates the origins of belief, and follows its development from polytheism to dogmatic monotheism. Together, these works constitute the most formidable attack upon religious belief ever mounted by a philosopher. This new edition includes Section XI of The Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and a letter by Hume in...
David Hume is one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in English. His Dialogues ask if a belief in God can be inferred from what is k...
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. One of the most important thinkers ever to write in English, the Empiricist David Hume liberated philosophy from the superstitious constraints of religion; here, he...
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dis...
On 18 April 1776, shortly before his death, David Hume recounted his life as one lived, by choice, as a man of letters. 'A man of mild dispositions, of command of temper', he told of how, even his love of literary fame, his ruling passion, never soured his temper, notwithstanding frequent disappointments. A bilingual edition in English and French, this book is part of the Luminary Collection.
On 18 April 1776, shortly before his death, David Hume recounted his life as one lived, by choice, as a man of letters. 'A man of mild dispositions, o...
