| A Treatise of Human Nature Contributor(s): Hume, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1974410390 ISBN-13: 9781974410392 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 1.42" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (2.06 lbs) 710 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), David Hume's comprehensive attempt to base philosophy on a new, observationally grounded study of human nature, is one of the most important texts in Western philosophy. It is also the focal point of current attempts to understand 18th-century philosophy. The Treatise first explains how we form such concepts as cause and effect, external existence, and personal identity, and to form compelling but unconfirmable beliefs in the entities represented by these concepts. It then offers a novel account of the passions, explains freedom and necessity as they apply to human choices and actions, and concludes with detailed explanations of how we distinguish between virtue and vice and of the different kinds of virtue. |