David Hume



 

David Hume

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born
April 26, 1711

died
August 25, 1776

gender
male

place of birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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genre
Nonfiction, Science, Religion & Spirituality

influences
Locke, Berkeley, Thomas Hobbes, Hutcheson, Newton, Epicurus, Cicero, Malebranche


about this author

"David Hume (26 April 1711 – 25 August 1776)[1:], Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian is an important figure in Western philosophy, and in the history of the Scottish Enlightenment.

He first gained recognition and respect as a historian, but academic interest in Hume's work has in recent years centered on his philosophical writing. His History of England was the standard work on English history for many years, until Macaulay's The History of England from the Accession of James the Second.

Hume was the first philosopher of the modern era to produce a naturalistic philosophy. This philosophy partly consisted in rejection of the historically prevalent conception of human minds as being miniature versions of the divine m...more




books by David Hume

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avg rating: 3.94 | 1062 ratings | 85 distinct works
An Enquiry Concerning Human Un... An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
by David Hume
avg rating 3.80 — 253 ratings — published 2006
26 editions
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A Treatise of Human Nature A Treatise of Human Nature (Paperback)
by David Hume
avg rating 4.05 — 191 ratings — published 2006
21 editions
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Dialogues Concerning Natural R... Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion: The Posthumous Essays of the Immortality of the Soul and of Suicide (Paperback)
by David Hume
avg rating 4.12 — 129 ratings — published 2007
31 editions
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An Enquiry Concerning the Prin... An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Paperback)
by David Hume
avg rating 3.77 — 61 ratings — published 1983
19 editions
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Enquiries Concerning Human Und... Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals (Paperback)
by David Hume
avg rating 3.77 — 43 ratings — published 1975
3 editions
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Dialogues Concerning Natural R... Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and The Natural History of Religion (Oxford World's Classics)
by David Hume
avg rating 4.12 — 32 ratings — published 1999
2 editions
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Essays: Moral, Political, and... Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary (Paperback)
by David Hume
avg rating 4.25 — 12 ratings — published 1987
9 editions
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Selected Essays Selected Essays (Oxford World's Classics)
by David Hume
avg rating 3.62 — 13 ratings — published 1998
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The Natural History Of Religio... The Natural History Of Religion (Paperback)
by David Hume
avg rating 3.60 — 10 ratings — published 2004
4 editions
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On Suicide On Suicide (Great Ideas)
by David Hume
avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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quotes by David Hume

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"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous."
David Hume (A Treatise of Human Nature)
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"Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty."
David Hume
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"Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness."
David Hume
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