The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well Baggini Julian
The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well Baggini Julian Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophersDavid Hume…
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The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well Baggini Julian
Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophersDavid Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. The Great Guide is an engaging and eye-opening account of how Hume's thought should serve as the basis for a complete approach to life.In this enthralling book, Julian Baggini masterfully interweaves biography with intellectual history and philosophy to give us a complete vision of Hume's guide to life. Yet Hume's philosophy is grounded in an honest assessment of nature--human nature in particular.
He follows Hume on his life's journey, literally walking in the great philosopher's footsteps as Baggini takes readers to the places that inspired Hume the most, from his family estate