David Hume Selected Essays Paperback – Oxford World's Classics Edition
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Further Details Title: Selected Essays Condition: New EAN: 9780199540303 ISBN: 9780199540303 Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 06/12/2008 Item Height: 195mm Item Length: 128mm Item Width: 19mm Contributor: Stephen Copley (Edited by), Andrew Edgar (Edited by) Language: English ISBN-10: 0199540306 Description: 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, morals, and taste, and the development of political economy in the mid-eighteenth century. These essays represent not only those areas where Hume's arguments are revealingly typical of his day, but also where he is strikingly innovative in a period already famous for its great thinkers. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Society & Culture Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Topic: Literary Criticism, Law & Politics Author: David Hume Item Weight: 303g Release Year: 2008 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
