With a foreword by Charlotte R. Brown and William Edward Morris.

David Hume (1711–1776) was the most important philosopher who wrote in English, as well as a master of style. This volume contains his main philosophical works. The "A Treatise of Human Nature" (1739–1740), published when Hume was still twenty years old, consists of three books concerning understanding, passions, and ethics. It applies the experimental method of reasoning to human nature in a revolution that was meant to make Hume the Newton of the moral sciences. Disappointed by the failure of the "Treatise" to bring about such a revolution, Hume later revised Book I into "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" (1751) and Book III into "An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals," which he considered ‘incomparably the best’ of all his works. Both Enquiries went through many editions during his lifetime.

Hume's works, controversial in his time, remain profoundly and widely influential in our own era, particularly for his contributions to understanding the nature of morality, political and economic theory, philosophy of religion, and philosophical naturalism.

This volume also includes the anonymous summary of Books I and II of the Treatise, as well as the short autobiographical essay, "My Own Life," which he wrote shortly before his death.

Pages: 896, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm