David Hume: 206 books

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, VOLUME I From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688     DAVID HUME [ZHINGOORA BOOKS]  

The Natural History of Religion by David Hume The only point of theology, in which we shall find a consent of mankind almost universal, is, that there is invisible, intelligent power in the world: But whether this power be supreme or subordinate, whether confined to one being; or distributed...

It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity; therefore I shall be short. It may be thought an instance of vanity that I pretend at all to write my life; but this narrative shall contain little more than the history of my writings; as, indeed, almost all my life has been spent...

Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch The Testimony of the Rocks by Hugh Miller Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions by T. W. Doane Varieties...

David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.

L'« échec » du Traité de la nature humaine dès sa parution en 1740 conduit David Hume (1711-1776) à proposer au public des Essais dont la publication régulière au cours de sa vie ont sans doute fait davantage, en son temps, pour sa renommée que les Traités, Enquêtes et autres Dissertations....

« Des goûts et des couleurs on ne dispute point. » Si, comme le dit l’adage, tous les goûts sont relatifs car chacun juge toujours d’après sa propre complexion, il peut paraître justifié de renoncer à l’idée d’une règle du goût, d’une manière commune de juger du beau. Mais, à...

The Dark Ages is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages, that asserts that a demographic, cultural, and economic deterioration occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire. The term employs traditional light-versus-darkness imagery...

It has been remarked, my HERMIPPUS, that though the ancient philosophers conveyed most of their instruction in the form of dialogue, this method of composition has been little practised in later ages, and has seldom succeeded in the hands of those who have attempted it. Accurate and regular argument,...

David Hume was a Scottish historian, philosopher, economist, diplomat and essayist known today especially for his radical philosophical empiricism and skepticism. The author described the problem of standards of the taste from a general aesthetic viewpoint in this work. A taste – is an ability to...

David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. 

Of Superstition and Enthusiasm by David Hume That the corruption of the best things produces the worst, is grown into a maxim, and is commonly proved, among other instances, by the pernicious effects of superstition and enthusiasm, the corruptions of true religion. These two species...

Of the Delicacy of Taste and Passion by David Hume SOME People are subject to a certain delicacy of passion, which makes them extremely sensible to all the accidents of life, and gives them a lively joy upon every prosperous event,as well as a piercing grief, when they meet with misfortunes...

Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences by David Hume Nothing requires greater nicety, in our enquiries concerning human affairs, than to distinguish exactly what is owing to chance, and what proceeds from causes; nor is there any subject, in which an author is more liable to deceive...