| An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Contributor(s): Hume, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 160459537X ISBN-13: 9781604595376 Publisher: A & D Publishing OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: David Humes An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding was a simplification of an earlier effort, Hume was disappointed with the reception of the Treatise of Human Nature He felt that if fell dead-born from the press, as he put it, and so tried again to disseminate his ideas to the public by writing a shorter and more polemical work. The Enquiry dispensed with much of the material from the Treatise, in favor of clarifying and emphasizing its most important aspects. This book was highly influential, Immanuel Kant points to it as the book which woke him from his dogmatic slumber. The Enquiry is widely regarded as a classic in modern philosophical literature. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 121 |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6" W x 9" (0.40 lbs) 116 pages |
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| Publisher Description: David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding was a simplification of an earlier effort, Hume was disappointed with the reception of the Treatise of Human Nature He felt that if "fell dead-born from the press," as he put it, and so tried again to disseminate his ideas to the public by writing a shorter and more polemical work. The Enquiry dispensed with much of the material from the Treatise, in favor of clarifying and emphasizing its most important aspects. This book was highly influential, Immanuel Kant points to it as the book which woke him from his "dogmatic slumber." The Enquiry is widely regarded as a classic in modern philosophical literature. |