1917
| From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. |
1911
| In the 1700?s David Hume was a leading Scottish philosopher, historian and economist. This discussion between three fictional characters centers around arguments on the existence of God. All three believe in the existence of God, but differ on his attributes and to what extent man can gain knowledge of a deity. |
1911
| Nothing is more usual and more natural for those, who pretend to discover anything new to the world in philosophy and the sciences, than to insinuate the praises of their own systems, by decrying all those, which have been advanced before them. |
1914
| David Hume (April 26, 1711 - August 25, 1776)Ý1¨ was a Scottish philosopher and historian. He is often considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy. Although in recent years interest in Hume's works has centered on his philosophical writing, it was as a historian that he gained his initial fame. |
1983
| David Hume's great, enduring reputation in philosophy tends to obscure the fact that, among his contemporaries, his history of England was a more successful work. The history covers almost 1800 years. Hume saw English history as an evolution from a government of will to a government of law. Advanced in Hume's masterly prose, this argument continues to make the "History" a valuable study for the modern reader. This Liberty Fund edition is based on the edition of 1778, the last to contain correct....[more] |
2009
| General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Original Publisher: G. Cowie Subjects: Great Britain History / General History / Europe / Great Britain History / Europe / Ireland Philosophy / History |
| This edition contains the thirty-nine essays included in Essays, Moral, and Literary, that made up Volume I of the 1777 posthumous Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. It also includes ten essays that were withdrawn or left unpublished by Hume for various reasons. The two most important were deemed too controversial for the religious climate of his time. This revised edition reflects changes based on further comparisons with eighteenth-century texts and an extensive reworking of the index. |
| Hume's comprehensive effort to form an observationally grounded study of human nature employs John Locke's empiric principles to construct a theory of knowledge from which to evaluate metaphysical ideas. A key to modern studies of 18th-century Western philosophy, the "Treatise" considers numerous classic philosophical issues, including causation, existence, freedom and necessity, and morality. |
(C) Copyright 2010 FiledBy, Inc. All Rights Reserved.