David Hume's Books
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Moral and Political PhilosophyA Collection of essays from famous Scottish philosopher David Hume, one of the most prominent figures of the Scottish Enlightenment and a close friend...Read More
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Financial Times, April 18, 2013
The Scotsman, April 18, 2013
...you might find inspiration is by reading about the Scottish Enlightenment when great minds like Adam Smith and David Hume put Edinburgh at the centre of the intellectual world. Scots who Enlightened the World by Andrew Ferguson, which has just been...
The Scotsman, April 17, 2013
...But how do you get nine and ten-year-olds interested in the Scottish Enlightenment, to absorb the ideas of David Hume, Thomas Reid, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill? The BBC is hoping the answers lie in superheroes, breaking wind and stupid wigs. Online...
Huffington Post, April 9, 2013
...derive from, or lead to, religion has been the conclusion of some of humanity's greatest minds, including David Hume, the father of religious studies. Due to certain inconveniences, like the possibility of being burned alive at the stake, Hume restricted...
NewsRT.co.uk, March 8, 2013
...as the father of economics, who believed in the “invisible hand” of capitalism and the division of labour. David Hume was a sceptic and philosopher, who thought that “reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions” and that...
Guardian.co.uk, March 2, 2013
...want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library." When David Hume left Edinburgh University at the age of 13 in 1724 he went home to the family farm in Berwickshire, where he proceeded to read all the books in his...
Guardian.co.uk, February 28, 2013
...and the essays of Montaigne. Half a page is enough to give us Jesus, Muhammad, Neil Armstrong and David Hume. In the world where myriad factoids can be garnered with the click of a mouse, we're never quite sure if we're seeing the hand of Google or...
Guardian.co.uk, January 19, 2013
...stable self might be, somehow, erroneous. Different versions of that dizzying notion underpin the philosophy of Buddhism, and David Hume, and a thousand two-bit new age gurus. On this view, "we" are endlessly changing patterns of molecules or thought...
ABC News, January 18, 2013
...at the White House in Washington, D.C. Neither Bush will attend Obama's second inauguration Jan. 21st. (David Hume Kennerly/) Former President George W. Bush does not plan to attend President Obama?s second inauguration on Monday, joining his father,...
Advisor Perspectives, January 18, 2013
...on fiscal economics may be condensed into seven propositions. Logic for these conclusions reaches as far back as David Hume, leader of the Enlightenment in 1752 and David Ricardo, originator of the law of comparative advantage and diminishing marginal...
Mises.org, January 18, 2013
...secession. Donald Livingston is a professor of philosophy at Emory University with an "expertise in the writings of David Hume." Livingston received his doctorate at Washington University in 1965. He has been a National Endowment for the Humanities...
Midlothiantoday, January 18, 2013
...economy and a pointer to further investment and job creation. He said a meeting he had with Professor David Hume, the institute director, paved the way for talks with First Minister Alex Salmond...
Habitusliving.com, January 17, 2013
...exhibition at the Melbourne gallery showcases the contemplative, introspective work of Korean artist Sung Soo Park. The philosopher David Hume once said that looking into ourselves comes with agonizing pain because we must first pull our eyes out to...
New York Review of Books, January 17, 2013
...scientific attempt to discern God’s attributes from His biological handiwork—gave way to Darwinism. It was the philosopher David Hume who began to dismantle important aspects of natural theology. In a devastating set of arguments, Hume identified...
