David Hume
At a glance:
- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Enlightenment, Historians
- Curriculum: British History, 18th Century European History
Article abstract: Hume’s philosophical writings undermined earlier reliance on reason as a guide for action and made major advances in the theory of perception and ethics.
Early Life
David Hume was born into a middle-class family, but his father died when he was quite young, leaving him, as the second son, with a patrimony of fifty pounds per year and a precarious living. He went to Edinburgh University with his older brother at the age of twelve, and after three years of study he left without taking a degree, as was the custom at the time. Hume spent...
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