An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: with Hume's Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature and A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh (Hackett Classics)

David Hume; Eric Steinberg [Editor]; Eric Steinberg [Introduction];

ISBN 10: 0872202291 / ISBN 13: 9780872202290

Editore: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1993

Codice articolo 0872202291-4-19369853

Riassunto:

A landmark of Enlightenment thought, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh, Hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme skepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature, which anticipates discussions developed in the Enquiry.

In his concise Introduction, Eric Steinberg explores the conditions that led Hume to write the Enquiry and the work's important relationship to Book I of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature.

L'autore: David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian, as well as an important figure of Western philosophy and of the Scottish Enlightenment. Tom Beauchamp is at Georgetown University, Washington.

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Titolo: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: ...
Casa editrice: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Data di pubblicazione: 1993
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Fair
Edizione: seconda edizione