A Treatise of Human Nature - Vol I - Softcover

Hume, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406789763 ISBN 13: 9781406789768

Publisher: Pierides Press, 2007

Synopsis

In the first part of this Treatise Hume has established the independence self-sufficingness of the passions and of man's moral nature and defended them against all dictation of reason. In the books comprising the second volume Hume leaves his scepticism behind him. He is no longer a revolutionary. His moral theory follows in its main outlines the sentimentalist school of the eighteenth century.Contents Include: Book II, Of the Passions: Of Pride and Humility Of Love and Hatred Of the Will and Direct Passions Book III Of Morals: Of Virtue and Vice in General Of Justice and Injustice Of the other Virtues and Vices

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About the Author

David Hume (1711-1776), along with Adam Smith and Thomas Reid, was one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. His writings, which encompass philosophy, economics, and history, include "A Treatise of Human Nature; Essays, Moral and Political; and An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding."

Edition details

• Publisher: Pierides Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1406789763
• ISBN 13: 9781406789768
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288