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Selected Essays
David Hume
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Description for Selected Essays
Paperback. Editor(s): Copley, Stephen; Edgar, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
In his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Moral, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), which was even more popular than his famous Treatise of Human Nature, comprehensively shows how far he succeeded. From `Of Essay Writing' to `Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences' Hume embraces a staggering range of social, cultural, political, demographic, and historical concerns. With the scope typical of the Scottish Enlightenment, he charts the state of civil society, manners, ... Read more
In his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Moral, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), which was even more popular than his famous Treatise of Human Nature, comprehensively shows how far he succeeded. From `Of Essay Writing' to `Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences' Hume embraces a staggering range of social, cultural, political, demographic, and historical concerns. With the scope typical of the Scottish Enlightenment, he charts the state of civil society, manners, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199540303
SKU
V9780199540303
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Reviews for Selected Essays
This reviewer found Copley and Edgar's edition to be the easiest to read, and as such it may be appropriate for less experienced students of Hume's work.
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