Selected Essays

In his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Moral, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), which was even more popular than his famous Treatise of Human Nature, comprehensively shows how far he succeeded.From `Of Essay Writing' to `Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences' Hume embraces a staggering range of social, cultural, political, demographic, and historical concerns. With the scope typical of the Scottish Enlightenment, he charts the state of civil society, manners, morals, and taste, and the development of political economy in the mid-eighteenth century. These essays represent not only those areas where Hume's arguments are revealingly typical of his day, but also where he is strikingly innovative in a period already famous for its great thinkers. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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• Authors: David Hume, Hume David
• Assisted by: Stephen Copley (Editor), Stephen (Lecturer in English in the School of English Studies Copley (Editor), Copley Stephen (Editor), Andrew Edgar (Editor), Andrew (Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of English Studies Edgar (Editor), Edgar Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780199540303
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954030-3
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Oxford Paperbacks; Oxford World's Classics; Oxford World's Classics; Oxford Paperbacks; World's classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, English, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Political science & theory, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary essays, Political science and theory, C 1700 To C 1800