Baier, Annette.

The pursuits of philosophy an introduction to the life and thought of David Hume / [electronic resource] : Annette C. Baier. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - viii, 165 p.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Childhood and youth: loss of faith and a passion for literature -- "At a distance from relations": writing his treatise in France -- Hume after the treatise -- Hume as librarian and historian -- Hume's life as a man in the public eye -- Hume's final years in Edinburgh -- Death and character.


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

9780674063082 (electronic bk.)




Hume, David, 1711-1776.


Electronic books.

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