Hume: An Intellectual Biography The major events in Hume's life are fully described, but the main focus is on Hume's intentions as a philosophical analyst of human nature, politics, commerce, English history, and religion..This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the entire career of one of Britain's greatest
| Title | : | Hume: An Intellectual Biography |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.59 (125 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521837251 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 633 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-06 |
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This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the entire career of one of Britain's greatest men of letters. It sets in biographical and historical context all of Hume's works, from A Treatise of Human Nature to The History of England, bringing to light the major influences on the course of Hume's intellectual development, and paying careful attention to the differences between the wide variety of literary genres with which Hume experimented. The major events in Hume's life are fully described, but the main focus is on Hume's intentions as a philosophical analyst of human nature, politics, commerce, English history, and religion. Careful attention is paid to Hume's intellectual relations with his contemporaries. The goal is to reveal Hume as a man intensely concerned with the realization of an ideal of open-minded, objective, rigorous, dispassionate dialogue about all the principal questions faced by his age.
Editorial : "This book is original in its perspective on Hume, partly because it sees Hume as a literary man eager to make a successful career through the exercise of skepticism and impartiality over a wide range of topics. It is a well-thought-out biography which is as good as or better than anything written on Hume's thought. It is well written and makes good sense of what Hume should be remembered for." Roger Emerson, Emeritus Professor, University of Western Ontario
"This is quite simply the first serious intellectual biography of David Hume, and as such it will be indispensable reading for all students of his work. Harris has absorbed all that is now known of the details of Hume's life and of his reading, and deploys this knowledge to offer powerful, consistently intelligent readings of the whole range of Hume's works." John Robertson, University of Cambridge
"Harris' magnificent intellectual biography of Hume sweeps away stereotypes of this major philosophical thinker t
A second is his empricism; the insistence on impartial evaluation of things as they actually are. Harris' focus is quite different. But the substance of the book is mostly excellent: Hume in intellectual context.. Harris' discussions of Hume's works are judicious and presented clearly. There is still a need for a major scholarly biography of Hume integrating all aspects of his life, work, and milieu.. Particularly good features of this book are Harris's attention to the historical works and essays that are often neglected by many readers. an extraordinary book; should be reprinted.. He does not attempt to reconstruct Hume's thought from the purely physical circumstances of his life, such as his upbringing, his education, his profession, or his personal experiences. Tempting as it though may be, the philosopher does not always present himself as the most promising candidate for psychoanalytical investigation, in fact, in the case of Hume, little of his personal correspondence or private
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