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| The mere philosopher is a character, which is commonly but little acceptable in the world, as being supposed to contribute nothing either to the advantage or pleasure of society. |
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| David Hume |
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| David Hume |
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| 1711–76, Scottish philosopher and historian. Educated at Edinburgh, he lived (1734–37) in France, where he finished his first philosophical work, A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40). His other philosophical works include An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748; a simplified version of the first book of the Treatise), An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), Political Discourses (1752), The Natural History of Religion (1755), and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779).—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press. (See also: Introductory Note from the Harvard Classics.) |
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Pronunciation:  hy m from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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- WORKS
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- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Hume’s greatest philosophic work, where he argues that causation does not really exist. From Harvard Classics, Vol. XXXVII, Part 3.
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- Hume, David, 29498 to 29629
Entries from the Columbia World of Quotations.
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- WRITINGS ABOUT HUME
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- “Hume” & “Influences on his Historical Work”
Sections by Rev. William Hunt with bibliography from the Cambridge History of English Literature.
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