David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature

David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9780191569081
ISBN-13 : 0191569089
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Book Synopsis David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature by : David Fate Norton

Download or read book David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature written by David Fate Norton and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This first volume contains the critical text of David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature (1739/40), followed by the short Abstract (1740) in which Hume set out the key arguments of the larger work; the volume concludes with A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend in Edinburgh (1745), Hume's defence of the Treatise when it was under attack from ministers seeking to prevent Hume's appointment as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.


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