Author: John P. Wright
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-11-26
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0521833760
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines the development of Hume's ideas and their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions.
Author: David Hume
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2023-06-16
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 1770485457
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In his autobiography, David Hume famously noted that A Treatise of Human Nature “fell dead-born from the press.” Yet it is now widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophical works written in the English language. Within, Hume offers an empirically informed account of human nature, addressing a range of topics such as space, time, causality, the external world, personal identity, passions, freedom, necessity, virtue, and vice. This edition includes not only the full text of the Treatise but also Hume’s summarizing Abstract, as well as selections drawn from critical book reviews which showcase the work’s reception in Hume’s own time. Angela Coventry’s expert introduction and annotations serve to contextualize the book’s themes and arguments for modern readers.
Author: William Baird Elkin
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019512302
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book explores the similarities and differences between David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature and Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, two of the philosopher's major works. Elkin delves deep into the conceptual structures of Hume's philosophy, providing insight into the evolution of his thought and the underlying motivations behind his ideas. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: David Fate Norton
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2007-04-19
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0191569089
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This first volume contains the critical text of David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature (1739/40), followed by the short Abstract (1740) in which Hume set out the key arguments of the larger work; the volume concludes with A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend in Edinburgh (1745), Hume's defence of the Treatise when it was under attack from ministers seeking to prevent Hume's appointment as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.