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David Hume and eighteenth-century America /
A thorough examination of the role which David Hume's writings played upon the founders of the United States. This book explores the reception of David Hume's political thought in eighteenth-century America. It presents a challenge to standard interpretations that assume Hume's though...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Rochester studies in philosophy ;
10. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Hume's works in Colonial and early Revolutionary America
- Historiographical context for Hume's reception in eighteenth-century America
- Hume's earliest reception in Colonial America
- Hume's impact on the prelude to American independence
- Humean origins of the American Revolution
- Hume and Madison on faction
- Was Hume a liability in late eighteenth-century America?
- Explaining "Publius's" silent use of Hume
- The reception of Hume's politics in late eighteenth-century America.