The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination

by Aaron Alexander Zubia

Aaron Alexander Zubia argues that the Epicurean roots of David Hume's philosophy gave rise to liberalism's unrelenting grip on the modern political imagination.

Eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher David Hume has had an outsized impact on the political thinkers who came after him, from the nineteenth-century British Utilitarians to modern American social contract theorists. In this thorough and thoughtful new work, Aaron...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268207801
• ISBN13: 9780268207809
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"