Hume: 529 books

As nefarious forces close in on them, Luci and Albert attempt to lay low, taking refuge in a run down hotel, Luci learning more and more about her uncle’s mysterious life ... Luci’s parents didn’t like her anymore. It had become utterly unfashionable to have a daughter. And besides, they...

When Ewan Pendle began his second training year at Firedrake Lyceum, he thought it might at least be easier than the first. Now that he knew he was a Lenitnes, one of an ancient race of peoples who alone can see the real Creatures which inhabit the earth, he hoped things would maybe go a little downhill...

El Tratado de la naturaleza humana es la cumbre de la filosofía de Hume. "La naturaleza humana, dice, es la única ciencia del hombre".

Humes "Enquiry" gehört zu den wichtigsten Werken des großen schottischen Philosophen und ist einer der Klassiker der Philosophiegeschichte: Kant wurde nach seiner eigenen Aussage von diesem Werk aus seinem "dogmatischen Schlummer" geweckt und zu seiner kritischen Philosophie...

Hume gilt als wichtiger Vertreter einer sogenannten Gefühlsethik. Sein Konzept von Ethik, das er in seinem Werk Eine Untersuchung über die Prinzipien der Moral und ausführlicher im Traktat über die menschliche Natur entwickelte, sieht die Moral in der Gefühlswelt des Menschen, genauer in einem...

David Hume discute na Investigação sobre o Entendimento Humano um problema filosófico fundamental: embora, em parte, remodelação do famoso Tratado da Natureza Humana, este ensaio aborda de modo autónomo e brilhante, e ainda provocador, a questão dos «limites do conhecimento» e o tema de uma ciência do homem enquanto base de todos os ramos do saber.

Influencing ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of science, David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature remains unrivalled by perhaps any other works in philosophy. The Treatise is of interest, and not merely historical interest, to professional academic philosophers. It is remarkable that it can, and often...

Dignità o miseria della natura umana? «C'è un principio supposto prevalere tra molti che è del tutto incompatibile con ogni virtù o senso morale [...] Questo principio è che ogni benevolenza è mera ipocrisia, l'amicizia un inganno, lo spirito pubblico...

Fergus Hume was a 20th century American author who had many works adapted into screenplays and movies, such as The Top Dog. Popular titles like The Silent House are still widely read today.

Fergus Hume was a 20th century American author who had many works adapted into screenplays and movies, such as The Top Dog. Popular titles like The Silent House are still widely read today.

An argument over a game of cards turns deadly in this tense British murder mystery from Fergus Hume, author of The Wooden Hand. Hot-tempered gambler Adrian Lancaster is down on his luck. His friend Philip Trevanna is pressing him to settle a thousand pound debt, suggesting he ask his new heiress...

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is an important philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply...

Julian Edermont lives at the Red House with his ward, Dora Carew and his old friend, Lambert Joad. But things are amiss at the House. First, Edermont suffers a panic attack at church, during the section of the Litany that prays for deliverance from murder and sudden death. Then, he has a terrible...

Fergus Hume was a 20th century American author who had many works adapted into screenplays and movies, such as The Top Dog. Popular titles like The Silent House are still widely read today.