An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: with Hume's Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature and A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh
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Published: 15th November 1993
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: with Hume's Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature and A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh
By (Author) David Hume
Edited by Eric Steinberg
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
15th November 1993
2
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
192
Physical Properties
Paperback
151
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 13mm
142g
Description
A landmark of enlightenment though, HUme's An Enquiry Concerning Human understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentlemen to His Friend in Edinburgh, hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme scepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his Abstract of A Treatise of HUman Nature, which anticipates discussions developed in the Enquiry. In his concise Introduction, Eric Steinberg explores the conditions that led to write the Enquiry and the work's important relationship to Book 1 of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature.
Author Bio
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