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A Treatise of Human Nature

by David Hume

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One of the most significant works of Western philosophy, Hume's Treatise was published in 1739-40, before he was thirty years old. A pinnacle of English empiricism, it is a comprehensive attempt to apply scientific methods of observation to a study of human nature, and a vigorous attack upon the principles of traditional metaphysical thought. With masterly eloquence, Hume denies the immortality of the soul and the reality of space; considers the manner in which we form concepts of identity, caus...

First published 1739928 pages
192.4
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Philosophy
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Author works
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9
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192.4128192
Library of Congress (LCC)
B1485 1896PR2339.S3 A7 1892B1485 1969bB1485
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Knowledge, theory of
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