Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
A landmark of Enlightenment thought, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh, Hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme skepticism, and of...
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A landmark of Enlightenment thought, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh, Hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme skepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature, which anticipates discussions developed in the Enquiry.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780872202290 (0872202291)
Publish date: November 1st 1993
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co.
Pages no: 142
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Science,
Philosophy,
College,
Psychology,
Metaphysics,
18th Century
Hume is about as level-headed as they come. He is not interested in proving things, he just wants to be honest about what we can even attempt to understand. Some things can be understood intuitively or demonstratively. Like geometry, algebra or anything else discoverable by thought alone. Then t...
this is my second time I have read this book , and I think there is going to be third , because this book is an ocean of thoughts , you do not get enough of it , in my opinion here where all human thinking came from , later Philosopher get their philosophy from here also , specially Kant .
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