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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Harris, James Anthony (1968-....)
Titre(s) : Hume [Texte imprimé] : an intellectual biography / James A. Harris, University of St. Andrews
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : xiii, 621 pages ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction: The love of literary fame -- ; Pursuits of philosophy and general learning
-- ; Anatomist of human nature -- ; Essayist -- ; The achievement of independence
-- ; Two years at Ninewells -- ; The start of a history of Great Britain -- ; The
completion of a history of England -- ; Paris, London, Edinburgh.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 575-609) and index
"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."--Publisher's
description
Sujet(s) : Hume, David (1711-1776)
Indice(s) Dewey :
192 (23e éd.) = Philosophie occidentale moderne - Îles britanniques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780521837255. - ISBN 0521837251
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb444956055
Notice n° :
FRBNF44495605
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
