Author: John Hill BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Life and Correspondence of David Hume
Author: John Hill BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Life and Correspondence of David Hume
Author: John Hill BurtonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752391375
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Life and Correspondence of David Hume by John Hill Burton
Life and Correspondence of David Hume
Author: John Hill BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
The Letters of David Hume
Author: David HumeNew Letters of David Hume
Author: David HumePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199693234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This volume, first published in 1954, is one of three presenting the correspondence of David Hume. It collects letters from 1737 to 1776 which do not appear in J. Y. T. Greig's two volumes of 1932, and offers a rich picture of the man and his age. The correspondents include such famous thinkers as Adam Smith, James Boswell, and Benjamin Franklin.
The Infidel and the Professor
Author: Dennis C. RasmussenPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691192286
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Dearest friends -- The cheerful skeptic (1711-1749) -- Encountering Hume (1723-1749) -- A budding friendship (1750-1754) -- The historian and the Kirk (1754-1759) -- Theorizing the moral sentiments (1759) -- Fêted in France (1759-1766) -- Quarrel with a wild philosopher (1766-1767) -- Mortally sick at sea (1767-1775) -- Inquiring into the Wealth of Nations (1776) -- Dialoguing about natural religion (1776) -- A philosopher's death (1776) -- Ten times more abuse (1776-1777) -- Smith's final years in Edinburgh (1777-1790) -- Hume's My Own Life and Smith's Letter from Adam Smith, LL. D. to William Strahan, Esq
A Philosopher's Economist
Author: Margaret SchabasPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022669125X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Reconsiders the centrality and legacy of Hume’s economic thought and serves as an important springboard for reflections on the philosophical underpinnings of economics. Although David Hume’s contributions to philosophy are firmly established, his economics has been largely overlooked. A Philosopher’s Economist offers the definitive account of Hume’s “worldly philosophy” and argues that economics was a central preoccupation of his life and work. Margaret Schabas and Carl Wennerlind show that Hume made important contributions to the science of economics, notably on money, trade, and public finance. Hume’s astute understanding of human behavior provided an important foundation for his economics and proved essential to his analysis of the ethical and political dimensions of capitalism. Hume also linked his economic theory with policy recommendations and sought to influence people in power. While in favor of the modern commercial world, believing that it had and would continue to raise standards of living, promote peaceful relations, and foster moral refinement, Hume was not an unqualified enthusiast. He recognized many of the underlying injustices of capitalism, its tendencies to promote avarice and inequality, as well as its potential for political instability and absolutism. Hume’s imprint on modern economics is profound and far-reaching, whether through his close friend Adam Smith or later admirers such as John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. Schabas and Wennerlind’s book compels us to reconsider the centrality and legacy of Hume’s economic thought—for both his time and ours—and thus serves as an important springboard for reflections on the philosophical underpinnings of economics.
Hume
Author: James A. HarrisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521837251
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
This is the first intellectual biography of the British philosopher and historian David Hume.
Life and correspondence of David Hume : in 2 volumes. 2
Author: John Hill BurtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9783511038328
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Bloomsbury Companion to Hume
Author: Alan BaileyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474243940
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
David Hume (1711-1776), philosopher, historian, and essayist, is widely considered to be Britain's greatest philosopher. One of the leading intellectual figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, his major works and central ideas, especially his radical empiricism and his critique of the pretensions of philosophical rationalism, remain hugely influential on contemporary philosophers. This comprehensive and accessible guide to Hume's life and work includes 21 specially commissioned essays, written by a team of leading experts, covering every aspect of Hume's thought. The Companion presents details of Hume's life, historical and philosophical context, providing students with a comprehensive overview of all the key themes and topics apparent in his work, including his accounts of causal reasoning, scepticism, the soul and the self, action, reason, free will, miracles, natural religion, politics, human nature, women, economics and history, and an account of his reception and enduring influence. This textbook is indispensable to anyone studying in the areas of Hume Studies, British, and eighteenth-century philosophy.