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Philosophy General

David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature

Volume 1: Texts

edited by David Fate Norton & Mary J. Norton

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2011
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780199596331
    Publish Date
    Feb 2011
    List Price
    $70.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780199263837
    Publish Date
    Apr 2007
    List Price
    $215.00

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David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This first volume contains the critical text of David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature (1739/40), followed by the short Abstract (1740) in which Hume set out the key arguments of the larger work; the volume concludes with A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend in Edinburgh (1745), Hume's defence of the Treatise when it was under attack from ministers seeking to prevent Hume's appointment as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.

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Contributor Notes

David Fate Norton is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at McGill University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Victoria. Mary J. Norton is a retired teacher and librarian.

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