A Scottish philosopher, historian, and economist. Known for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. Important figure in history of western philosophy and Scottish enlightenment.
Sample Sentences
- Hume is often grouped with John Locke, George Berkeley, and a handful of others as a British Empiricist.
- Beginning with his A Treatise of Human Nature (1739), Hume strove to create a total naturalistic "science of man" that examined the psychological basis of human nature.
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First Principles
David Hume's Tercentenary
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Hume was a great Scottish philosopher and a well respected man, even in his death. The first article deals with Hume's first principles of what he believed, some of which was on the border of nihilism. In the second article, the author is outraged in the fact that Hume recently had his 300th birthday and there was no talk of him anywhere within the Scottish or the world. The author gives this quote by Hume: “When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most
mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone
can secure them from the grossest absurdities.” He goes on to state that it is no wonder the media has taken out Hume's from the world.
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