Principal Works
*A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects. 3 vols. (essay) 1739-40
†An Abstract of a Book Lately Published, Entitled, “A Treatise of Human Nature,” wherein the Chief Argument of That Book Is Farther Illustrated and Explained (essay) 1740
Essays, Moral and Political. 2 vols. (essays) 1741-42
A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh (essay) 1745
‡Philosophical Essays concerning Human Understanding (essays) 1748
Three Essays, Moral and Political, Never before Published (essays) 1748
A True Account of the Behaviour and Conduct of Archibald Stewart, Esq. (essay) 1748
An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (essay) 1751
The Petition of the Grave and Venerable Bellmen (or Sextons) of the Church of Scotland, to the Hon. House of Commons (essay) 1751
Political Discourses (essays) 1752
§Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. 4 vols. (essays) 1753-56
∥The History of Great Britain, Vol. I: Containing the Reigns of James I. and Charles I. (history) 1754; also published as The History of Great Britain, under the House of Stuart, 1759
Four Dissertations (essays) 1757
∥The History of Great Britain, Vol. II: Containing the Commonwealth, and the Reigns of Charles II. and James II. (history) 1757
∥The History of England, under the House of Tudor. 2 vols. (history) 1759
∥The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Accession of Henry VII. 2 vols. (history) 1762
Exposé succinct de la contestation qui s’est élevée entre M. Hume et M. Rousseau [A Concise and Genuine Account of the Dispute between Mr. Hume and Mr. Rousseau] (essay) 1766
The Life of David Hume, Esq., Written by Himself (autobiography) 1777
#Two Essays (essays) 1777
Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (dialogues) 1779
Original Letters of David Hume, Relative to J. J. Rousseau (letters) 1799
The Letters of David Hume. 2 vols. (letters) 1932
**“An Historical Essay on Chivalry and Modern Honour” (essay) 1947; published in journal Modern Philology
New Letters of David Hume (letters) 1954
*This work contains the essays “Of the Understanding,” “Of the Passions,” and “Of Morals.”
†Hume's authorship of this work is not universally recognized.
‡This work is a revision of Book I of A Treatise of Human Nature, with the addition of the essay “Of Miracles.”
§This work is the first collected edition of Hume's essays and treatises. In this work Philosophical Essays concerning Human Understanding is called Enquiry concerning Human Understanding.
∥These works were published as The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 in 1762.
#This work contains the essays “Of Suicide” and “Of the Immortality of the Soul,” originally intended for publication in Four Dissertations but withdrawn in proof.
**This work is the first complete text of what is believed to be Hume's earliest extant essay.
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