David Hume

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April 26, 1711 in Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom

died

August 25, 1776

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male

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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume/

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Philosophy, Science, Religion & Spirituality

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"David Hume, 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 mind.

This doctrine was associated with a trust in th...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 10,225 ratings · 438 reviews · 616 distinct works

	An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 3.81 avg rating — 2,944 ratings — published 1748 — 82 editions	My rating:
	A Treatise Of Human Nature 3.84 avg rating — 1,869 ratings — published 1740 — 80 editions	My rating:
	Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume, Richard H. Popkin (editor) 3.89 avg rating — 865 ratings — published 1739 — 81 editions	My rating:
	An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume, J.B. Schneewind 3.93 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 1951 — 37 editions	My rating:
	Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion/The Natural History of Religion by David Hume, John Charles Addison Gaskin (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding/Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume, Peter Harold Nidditch (Editor), L.A. Selby-Bigge (Editor) 3.87 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau by David Hume, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau 3.86 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1964 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Essays: Moral, Political and Literary 4.18 avg rating — 50 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	On Suicide (Penguin Great Ideas, Series 2) 3.58 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Selected Essays by David Hume, Stephen Copley (Editor), Andrew Edgar (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”
― David Hume, A Treatise Of Human Nature

tags: errors , philosophy , religion

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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, Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays

tags: beauty , beholder , evil , god , perception , religion , religious-meaning

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“Epicurus's old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence evil?”
― David Hume

tags: atheism

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