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020 _a9781108476270 (hardback)
040 _bEnglish
_erda
_cMSU
041 _aeng
050 0 0 _aB1498 WAT
100 1 _aWatkins, Margaret,
_d1975-
_eAuthor
_eSt. Vincent College, Pennysylvania
245 1 4 _aThe philosophical progress of Humeʹs essays
_cMargaret Watkins
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2019.
300 _a265 pages
_c20 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aIntroduction; 1. Governing; 2. Domineering; 3. Working; 4. Composing; 5. Self-loving; 6. Loving; 7. Thinking; Conclusion.
520 _a "For those open to the possibility that philosophical thought can improve life, David Hume's Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary have something to say. In the first comprehensive study of the Essays, Margaret Watkins engages closely with these neglected texts and shows how they provide important insights into Hume's perspective on the breadth and depth of human life, arguing that the Essays reveal his continued commitment to philosophy as a discipline that can promote both social and individual progress. Addressing topics such as politics, war, slavery, the priesthood, the development of industry, aesthetics, emotional disorders, egoism, friendship, sexuality, gender relations, and the nature of philosophy itself, the volume examines Hume's purposes and aims against the backdrop of the eighteenth century society in which he lived. It will be of interest to scholars of modern thought in philosophy, politics, history, and economics."
_bBack cover.
600 1 0 _aHume, David,
_d1711-1776.
942 _2lcc
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