Hume's 'a Treatise of Human Nature': An Introduction

by John P. Wright

Book Overview

David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume published the Treatise. He explains Hume's arguments concerning the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521833760
• ISBN13: 9780521833769
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"