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The pursuits of philosophy : an introduction to the life and thought of David Hume /

Annette Baier has created an engaging guide to the philosophy of one of the greatest thinkers of Enlightenment Britain. Drawing deeply on a lifetime of scholarship and incisive commentary, she deftly weaves Hume's autobiography together with his writings and correspondence, finding in these per...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baier, Annette
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Childhood and youth: loss of faith and a passion for literature
  • "At a distance from relations": writing his treatise in France
  • Hume after the treatise
  • Hume as librarian and historian
  • Hume's life as a man in the public eye
  • Hume's final years in Edinburgh
  • Death and character.