The Pursuits of Philosophy : : An Introduction to the Life and Thought of David Hume /

The Pursuits of Philosophy : : An Introduction to the Life and Thought of David Hume / / Annette C. Baier.

Marking the tercentenary of David Hume's birth, Annette Baier has created an engaging guide to the philosophy of one of the greatest thinkers of Enlightenment Britain. Drawing deeply on a lifetime of scholarship and incisive commentary, she deftly weaves Hume's autobiography together with...

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Baier, Annette C.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 5 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • NOTE ON REFERENCES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 Childhood and Youth
  • 2 "At a Distance from Relations"
  • 3 Hume after the Treatise
  • 4 Hume as Librarian and Historian
  • 5 Hume's Life as a Man in the Public Eye
  • 6 Hume's Final Years in Edinburgh
  • 7 Death and Character
  • Afterword
  • Annotated Bibliography, Further Reading, Acknowledgments, Name Index, Subject Index
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Further Reading
  • Acknowledgments
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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