A Treatise of Human Nature

von David Hume

688 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

One of the most significant works of Western philosophy, Hume's Treatise was published in 1739-40, before he was thirty years old. A pinnacle of English empiricism, it is a comprehensive attempt to apply scientific methods of observation to a study of human nature, and a vigorous attack upon the principles of traditional metaphysical thought. With masterly eloquence, Hume denies the immortality of the soul and the reality of space; considers the manner in which we form concepts of identity, cause and effect; and speculates upon the nature of freedom, virtue and emotion. Opposed both to metaphysics and to rationalism, Hume's philosophy of informed scepticism sees man not as a religious creation, nor as a machine, but as a creature dominated by sentiment, passion and appetite.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Themen der Philosophie Epistemologie und Erkenntnistheorie
• ISBN: 9780140432442
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.1985
• Größe: 197 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Herausgegeben von: Ernest Mossner