ABSTRACT
This book, first published in 1951, is an examination of Hume’s ‘Treatise of Human Nature’, ‘An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals’, and ‘An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding’. It lucidly clarifies and makes alive the new discoveries of Hume’s works in a study that makes plain the importance of this philosopher to the world today.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Hume’s Account Of The Understanding
chapter chapter I|9 pages
The Doctrine Of Impressions And Ideas
(Treatise Book I, Part I, Sect. I; Enquiry, Sect. I)
chapter chapter III|9 pages
Knowledge And Probability
(Treatise Book I, Part III, Sect. I; Enquiry, Sect. IV, Part I)
part II|2 pages
Hume’s Account Of Morality
chapter chapter IV|20 pages
Sympathy And The Natural Virtues
(Treatise Book III, Part III, Sect. I; Enquiry, Appendix II)
