Hume: A Very Short Introduction
Hume: A Very Short Introduction David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment. Instead, Hume was a sceptic whose…
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Hume: A Very Short Introduction
David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment. Instead, Hume was a sceptic whose arguments questioned the reach and authority of human rationality, and who put the rivalrous passions of commercial life at the centre of his theory of human nature. Unlike some of his famous contemporaries, however, he was not dogmatically committed to idealised conceptions of reason, liberty, and progress.
Today Hume's works continue to speak to us powerfully in an age of instability and uncertainty.This Very Short Introduction presents a balanced account of Hume's thought, giving equal attention to his work on human He believed that the modern world was in many ways superior to the ancient world, but was acutely conscious of the threats to peace and progress posed by bigotry, factionalism, and imperialism.