David Hume
Born
in Edinburgh, Scotland
May 07, 1711
Died
August 25, 1776
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Genre
Influences
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
1055 editions
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1748
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A Treatise of Human Nature
980 editions
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1740
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
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245 editions
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1751
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
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1751
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and The Natural History of Religion
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16 editions
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1757
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Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding / Concerning the Principles of Morals
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30 editions
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1751
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A Treatise on Human Nature, Volume 1
30 editions
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1739
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On Suicide
34 editions
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1775
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Essays: Moral, Political and Literary
62 editions
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1758
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Selected Essays
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32 editions
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1776
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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.”
― Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays
― Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays
“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”
― A Treatise of Human Nature
― A Treatise of Human Nature
“No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.”
― Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul
― Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul