The Suasive Art of David Hume.
Recognized in his day as a man of letters equaling Rousseau and Voltaire in France and rivaling Samuel Johnson, David Hume passed from favor in the Victorian age--his work, it seemed, did not pursue Truth but rather indulged in popularization. Although Hume is once more considered as one of the grea...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Summary: | Recognized in his day as a man of letters equaling Rousseau and Voltaire in France and rivaling Samuel Johnson, David Hume passed from favor in the Victorian age--his work, it seemed, did not pursue Truth but rather indulged in popularization. Although Hume is once more considered as one of the greatest British philosophers, scholars now tend to focus on his thought rather than his writing. To round out our understanding of Hume, M.A. Box in this book charts the interrelated development of Hume's literary ambitions, theories of style, and compositional practice from his Treatise in 1739 th. |
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| Item Description: | Cover; Contents. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781400860654 1400860652 |