David Hume

Here is the first work ever published by David Hume, a man who revolutionized our understanding of philosophy....

Published in 1748, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume's distillation of his mature philosophy....

Despite considerable concerns throughout England, the transition of the House of Tudor to the House of Stewart, from Elizabeth to James I (reigned 1603-1625) proved untroubled, not least because the queen left the country in ‘flourishing circumstances'. The new monarch moved to London and...

David Hume (1711-1776) was the most important philosopher ever to write in English as well as a master stylist. This volume contains his major philosophical works....

David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion had not yet been published when he died in 1776. Even though the manuscript was mostly written...

Inside this three-in-one collection, you’ll uncover a wealth of philosophical insights about truth, faith, and the universe around us. Drawing on the arguments and musings of the famed philosopher David Hume, this book reveals his ideas on the questions that define our very existence....

A fascinating exploration into the nature of human knowledge. Hume conveys that true knowledge can be gained only through sensory experience....

A landmark of Enlightenment thought, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it....

Entertaining and insightful, David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and The Natural History of Religion are considered to be among the most important philosophical works on the topic of religion....

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779) by the Scottish philosopher David Hume examines whether one can rationally come to any conclusions about God's nature. Three philosophers, Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes, debate this question in a series of dialogues....

David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding was considered to be one of the most contentious works of its time....

This is an essay from the Favorite Essays collection....

What should we teach young people about religion? The characters Demea, Cleanthes, and Philo passionately present and defend three sharply different answers to that question....

David Hume war Philosoph, Ökonom und Historiker, Vertreter der Aufklärung und des Empirismus...

David Hume gilt als einer der größten britischen Denker des 18. Jahrhunderts. Er vollendete den englischen Empirismus und war ein Vorläufer Immanuel Kants...

David Hume war Philosoph, Ökonom und Historiker, Vertreter der Aufklärung und des Empirismus...

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is one of the last works completed by David Hume, a man who revolutionized our understanding of philosophy....

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by David Hume, a philosopher from the 18th century. Hume is known for being an empiricist philosopher, meaning he believed that sensory experiences and solid evidence are all that matters when it comes to knowledge....

David Hume fue un filósofo, economista e historiador escocés del siglo XVIII, considerado una de las figuras más importantes del empirismo y del escepticismo...