David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature vol. 1 - Texts

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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• Authors: David Hume, David Fate Norton, David Fate Norton Norton, Mary J. Norton
• Assisted by: David Fate Norton (Editor), David Fate (Mcgill University Norton (Editor), Mary J. Norton (Editor), Mary J. (independent scholar) Norton (Editor), Norton David Fate (Editor), Norton Mary J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2011
• EAN: 9780199596331
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959633-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Clarendon Hume Edition Series; Clarendon Hume Edition Series; Clarendon Edition of the Works
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Social History, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought