Hume, David, 1711-1776.

An enquiry concerning human understanding /David Hume ; edited, with introduction, by Eric Steinberg. - second edition. - Indianapolis, Indiana : Hackett Publishing Company, (c)1993. - xvii, 142 pages ; 22 cm

An enquiry concerning human understanding was originally published under title: Philosophical essays concerning human understanding.

Includes bibliographies and index.

A letter from a gentleman to his friend in Edinburgh -- An abstract of a Treatise of human nature.

A landmark of Enlightenment thought, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh, Hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme skepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature, which anticipates discussions developed in the Enquiry. In his concise Introduction, Eric Steinberg explores the conditions that led Hume to write the Enquiry and the work's important relationship to Book I of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature. https://www.amazon.com/Enquiry-Concerning-Human-Understanding-Gentleman-dp-0872202291/dp/0872202291/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1588963776



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Knowledge, Theory of.

Epistemology.


Philosophy & Religion.

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