The pursuit of certainty David Hume, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Beatrice Webb /

Letwin, Shirley Robin.

The pursuit of certainty David Hume, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Beatrice Webb / [electronic resource] : Shirley Robin Letwin. - Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, c1998. - xx, 434 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. David Hum: pagan virtues and profane politics -- pt. II. Jeremy Bentham: liberty and logic -- pt. III. John Stuart Mill: from puritanism to sociology -- pt. IV. Beatrice Webb: science and the apotheosis of politics.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781614878247 (electronic bk.)




Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.
Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873.
Webb, Beatrice, 1858-1943.


Political science--History.--Great Britain


Electronic books.

JA84.G7 / L44 1998

320/.092/241