Hume: A Very Short Introduction
«Harris' book provides a compelling picture of the shape and significance of Hume's contribution to philosophy.»
Jennifer Smalligan Marušić, British Journal for the History of Philosophy
David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment. Unlike some of his famous contemporaries, however, he was not dogmatically committed to idealised conceptions of reason, liberty, and progress. Les mer
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nature. 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. 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 nature, morality, politics, and religion. Weaving together biography, the historical context, and a thoughtful exposition of Hume's arguments, James A. Harris offers a compelling picture of a thinker who had no disciples and formed no school, but whom no one in his own time was able to ignore, and who has since become central to modern philosophy's understanding of
itself.
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198849780
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 18 x 11 cm
Om forfatteren
was a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in 2012-13, and in 2018 gave the Benedict Lectures in the History of Political Philosophy at Boston University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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«Harris' book provides a compelling picture of the shape and significance of Hume's contribution to philosophy.»
Jennifer Smalligan Marušić, British Journal for the History of Philosophy
«Hume's most important arguments are explained in clear and lucid prose and Harris' own interpretations are presented in a careful and convincing manner»
Moritz Baumstark, Hume Studies