The philosophers' quarrel [electronic resource] : Rousseau, Hume, and the limits of human understanding / Robert Zaretsky, John T. Scott.

By: Zaretsky, Robert, 1955-Contributor(s): Scott, John T, 1963- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2009Description: x, 247 p. : illSubject(s): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 | Hume, David, 1711-1776 | EnlightenmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 192 LOC classification: B2137 | .Z37 2009Other classification: 08.24 Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
An enlightenment quarrel -- The wild philosopher -- The Great Scot -- The Lord of Ferney -- Le Bon David -- A stone's throw from Paris -- First impressions -- A public spectacle -- Poses and impostures -- Hume, Judge of Le Bon David -- An enlightenment tragedy -- So great a noise -- How philosophers die.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-238) and index.

An enlightenment quarrel -- The wild philosopher -- The Great Scot -- The Lord of Ferney -- Le Bon David -- A stone's throw from Paris -- First impressions -- A public spectacle -- Poses and impostures -- Hume, Judge of Le Bon David -- An enlightenment tragedy -- So great a noise -- How philosophers die.

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

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