| A Treatise of Human Nature: (Annotated Edition) Contributor(s): David Hume (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798711778318 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Essays |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.7 lbs) 130 pages |
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| Publisher Description: David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature is his earliest philosophical work and the one that contains the most complete exposition of his views. Apparently it was planned when he was in his early twenties, when he claimed to have discovered a "new scene of thought." The work was composed during a sojourn in France from 1734 to 1737 and was revised shortly thereafter in an unsuccessful attempt to gain the approbation of Bishop Joseph Butler. The first book of A Treatise of Human Nature was published in 1739, and the other two the next year. Hume had hoped that his views would attract a great deal of attention; instead, the work "fell dead-born from the Press." His novel theories did not attract attention until after he had published a more popular version in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding (1748; best known as An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, 1758). A Treatise of Human Nature was subjected to a full-scale attack by Thomas Reid in 1764. By this time, Hume was so successful as an author, especially on the basis of his essays and The History of England (1754-1762), that he refused to defend his first book and called it a juvenile work. Over the years, it has become increasingly important as the fullest and deepest statement of Hume's philosophical views; book 1 of A Treatise of Human Nature has come to be regarded as one of the finest achievements of English philosophy. |