A Treatise Of Human Nature: In Two Volumes - Volume I
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Few works in the history of Western thought have reshaped the foundations of human knowledge as decisively as David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature. Written when Hume was barely in his twenties, this landmark philosophical text presents a rigorous and systematic inquiry into the nature of the human mind, arguing that all knowledge originates from sensory experience and the impressions it leaves upon us. With surgical precision, Hume dismantles the rationalist pretensions of his predecessors, grounding his philosophy in empiricism and human psychology, and in doing so, lays the groundwork for modern cognitive science and analytic philosophy. The Treatise stands as one of the most ambitious philosophical projects ever undertaken, chronicling Hume's attempts to apply the experimental method — inspired by Newton's natural philosophy — to the study of human nature itself. His prose, though dense with argument, carries a quiet revolutionary force, challenging readers to reconsider the very mechanisms of belief, causation, identity, and morality. With an introduction by A. D. Lindsay, this edition makes Hume's thought accessible without diminishing its intellectual weight — leaving the reader to wonder whether reason, as Hume famously declared, truly is and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
Author: David Hume
Format: Hardback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear. Chipped along spine and folds. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact.
Few works in the history of Western thought have reshaped the foundations of human knowledge as decisively as David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature. Written when Hume was barely in his twenties, this landmark philosophical text presents a rigorous and systematic inquiry into the nature of the human mind, arguing that all knowledge originates from sensory experience and the impressions it leaves upon us. With surgical precision, Hume dismantles the rationalist pretensions of his predecessors, grounding his philosophy in empiricism and human psychology, and in doing so, lays the groundwork for modern cognitive science and analytic philosophy. The Treatise stands as one of the most ambitious philosophical projects ever undertaken, chronicling Hume's attempts to apply the experimental method — inspired by Newton's natural philosophy — to the study of human nature itself. His prose, though dense with argument, carries a quiet revolutionary force, challenging readers to reconsider the very mechanisms of belief, causation, identity, and morality. With an introduction by A. D. Lindsay, this edition makes Hume's thought accessible without diminishing its intellectual weight — leaving the reader to wonder whether reason, as Hume famously declared, truly is and ought only to be the slave of the passions.