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A Treatise of Human Nature

A Treatise of Human Nature

Paperback

Series: Dover Philosophical Classics

Philosophy

Publisher Price: $24.95

ISBN10: 0486432505
ISBN13: 9780486432502
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Nov 17 2003
Pages: 455
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

One of the greatest of all philosophical works, covering knowledge, imagination, emotion, morality, and justice. -- Baroness Warnock, The List
Published in the mid-18th century and received with indifference (it fell dead-born from the press, noted the author), David Hume's comprehensive three-volume A Treatise of Human Nature has withstood the test of time and has had enormous impact on subsequent philosophical thought. Hume -- whom Kant famously credited with having interrupted my dogmatic slumber and gave my investigations in the field of speculative philosophy a quite new direction -- intended this work as an observationally grounded study of human nature. He employed John Locke's empiric principles, constructing a theory of knowledge to serve as a foundation for the evaluation of metaphysical ideas.

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