Letters of David Hume and Extracts from Letters Referring to Him - Couverture souple

Hume, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1432694081 ISBN 13 : 9781432694081

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

The book ""Letters of David Hume and Extracts from Letters Referring to Him"" is a collection of letters written by the renowned Scottish philosopher, historian, and economist David Hume. The book includes letters that Hume wrote to his friends, family, and colleagues, as well as letters written by others that refer to Hume and his work.The letters cover a wide range of topics, including Hume's philosophical and political views, his personal life, and his interactions with other intellectuals of his time. They provide a fascinating insight into Hume's personality and intellectual development, as well as the intellectual and cultural milieu of 18th-century Scotland.The book is edited by J.Y.T. Greig, who provides introductions and annotations to each letter, as well as a comprehensive introduction to Hume's life and work. The letters themselves are presented in chronological order, allowing readers to trace Hume's life and thought over time.Overall, ""Letters of David Hume and Extracts from Letters Referring to Him"" is an essential resource for anyone interested in the life and work of one of the most important philosophers of the Enlightenment era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Of the various Letters contained in this Yolume, the originals are supposed to have been deposited, about eighty years ago, in the hands of a legal gentleman in Edinburgh, as documents for a law-suit, to which the latter portion of them refers. Since his death, they have, we believe, passed through several hands without having attracted any particular attention, or, perhaps, without having ever been read. They ultimately came into the possession of a gentleman who appreciated their value, and who, several years ago, did me the honour of presenting them miconditionally to me. Since that time, they have been perused by many literary friends, to whom they were communicated ;and they all, without a single exception, regarded this correspondence as calculated not merely to throw light on Mr Humes character, but to illustrate a period of his history, which had they been destroyed, must have remained very obscure. In his wellknown autobiography, the only mention of his residence with the Marquis of A nnandale, to which part of his life these Letters belong, is sufficiently meagre, and contains no allusion to the interesting circumstances, which, while they could not but be painful to his feelings, elicited, in an eminent degree, the peculiarities of his character.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1432694081
• ISBN 13: 9781432694081
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Éditeur: Murray PH.D. Thomas
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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