Treatise of Human Nature

Name: Treatise of Human Nature
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ISBN: 9780486432502

ISBN-10: 0486432505

ISBN-13: 9780486432502

Edition: 2003

Authors: David Hume

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Hume's comprehensive effort to form an observationally grounded study of human nature employs John Locke's empiric principles to construct a theory of knowledge from which to evaluate metaphysical ideas. A key to modern studies of 18th-century Western philosophy, theTreatiseconsiders numerous classic philosophical issues, including causation, existence, freedom and necessity, and morality.

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List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.46" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction



Of the Understanding



Of ideas; their origin, composition, abstraction, connexion, &c.



Of the origin of our ideas



Division of the subject



Of the ideas of the memory and imagination



Of the connexion or association of ideas



Of relations



Of modes and substances



Of abstract ideas



Of the ideas of space and time



Of the infinite divisibility of our ideas of space and time



Of the infinite divisibility of space and time



Of the other qualities of our ideas of space and time



Objections answer'd



The same subject continu'd



Of the idea of existence and of external existence



Of knowledge and probability



Of knowledge



Of probability; and of the idea of cause and effect



Why a cause is always necessary



Of the component parts of our reasonings concerning causes and effect



Of the impressions of the senses and memory



Of the inference from the impression to the idea



Of the nature of the idea, or belief



Of the causes of belief



Of the effects of other relations, and other habits



Of the influence of belief



Of the probability of chances



Of the probability of causes



Of unphilosophical probability



Of the idea of necessary connexion



Rules by which to judge of causes and effects



Of the reason of animals



Of the sceptical and other systems of philosophy



Of scepticism with regard to reason



Of scepticism with regard to the senses



Of the antient philosophy



Of the modern philosophy



Of the immateriality of the soul



Of personal identity



Conclusion of this book



Of the Passions



Of pride and humility



Division of the subject



Of pride and humility; their objects and causes



Whence these objects and causes are deriv'd



Of the relations of impressions and ideas



Of the influence of these relations on pride and humility



Limitations of this system



Of vice and virtue



Of beauty and deformity



Of external advantages and disadvantages



Of property and riches



Of the love of fame



Of the pride and humility of animals



Of love and hatred



Of the objects and causes of love and hatred



Experiments to confirm this system



Difficulties solv'd



Of the love of relations



Of our esteem for the rich and powerful



Of benevolence and anger



Of compassion



Of malice and envy



Of the mixture of benevolence and anger with compassion and malice



Of respect and contempt



Of the amorous passion, or love betwixt the sexes



Of the love and hatred of animals



Of the will and direct passions



Of liberty and necessity



The same subject continu'd



Of the influencing motives of the will



Of the causes of the violent passions



Of the effects of custom



Of the influence of the imagination on the passions



Of contiguity and distance in space and time



The same subject continu'd



Of the direct passions



Of curiosity, or the love of truth



Of Morals



Of virtue and vice in general



Moral distinctions not deriv'd from reason



Moral distinctions deriv'd from a moral sense



Of justice and injustice



Justice, whether a natural or artificial virtue



Of the origin of justice and property



Of the rules that determine property



Of the transference of property by consent



Of the obligation of promises



Some farther reflexions concerning justice and injustice



Of the origin of government



Of the source of allegiance



Of the measures of allegiance



Of the objects of allegiance



Of the laws of nations



Of chastity and modesty



Of the other virtues and vices



Of the origin of the natural virtues and vices



Of greatness of mind



Of goodness and benevolence



Of natural abilities



Some farther reflexions concerning the natural virtues



Conclusion of this book


Appendix