An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: David Hume
- First Published: 1748
- Type of Work: Philosophy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Nature, Science or scientists, Eighteenth century, Letter writing, Idealism, Metaphysics, Epigrams
Critical Evaluation:
“Philosophical decisions,” says David Hume toward the end of his An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, “are nothing but the reflections of common life, methodised and corrected.” This simple, homely epigram conceals a great deal. For one thing, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is actually a sort of popularized revision of ideas that were systematically developed in book 1 of his precocious Treatise of Human Nature (1739-1740), which, although it was completed before the author was twenty-five, has been...
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