Reflecting Subjects: Passion, Sympathy, and Society in Hume's Philosophy

by Jacqueline Taylor

Book Overview

Jacqueline Taylor offers an original reconstruction of Hume's social theory, which examines the passions and imagination in relation to institutions such as government and the economy. Reflecting Subjects begins with a close examination of Hume's use of an experimental method to explain the origin, nature and effects of pride, an indirect passion that reflects a person's sense of self-worth in virtue of her valuable qualities, for example, her character...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198729529
• ISBN13: 9780198729525
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"