{"product_id":"the-essential-philosophical-works-paperback","title":"The Essential Philosophical Works - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharlotte R. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Edward Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an introduction by Charlotte R. Brown and William Edward Morris.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Hume (1711-1776) was the most important philosopher ever to write in English, as well as a master stylist. This volume contains his major philosophical works.\u003cem\u003e A Treatise of Human Nature\u003c\/em\u003e (1739-1740), published while Hume was still in his twenties, consists of three books on the understanding, the passions, and morals. It applies the experimental method of reasoning to human nature in a revolution that was intended to make Hume the Newton of the moral sciences. Disappointed with the Treatise's failure to bring about such a revolution, Hume later recast Book I as \u003cem\u003eAn Enquiry concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/em\u003e (1751), and Book III as \u003cem\u003eAn Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals\u003c\/em\u003e, which he regarded as 'incomparably the best' of all his works. Both \u003cem\u003eEnquiries\u003c\/em\u003e went through several editions in his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHume's works, controversial in his day, remain deeply and widely influential in ours, especially for his contributions to our understanding of the nature of morality, political and economic theory, philosophy of religion, and philosophical naturalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume also includes Hume's anonymous Abstract of Books I and II of the \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e, and the short autobiographical essay, 'My Own Life', which he wrote just before his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 896\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163346374791,"sku":"9781840226669","price":12.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0c7ea21781d6dabdddd6d9caff6900be.webp?v=1733296580","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-essential-philosophical-works-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}