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<p><P>The Scottish philosopher David Hume is commonly understood as the original proponent of the end of philosophy. In this powerful new study, Donald Livingston completely revises our understanding of Hume's thought through his investigation of Hume's distinction between true and false philosophy. For Hume, false philosophy leads either to melancholy over the groundlessness of common opinion or delirium over transcending it, while true philosophy leads to wisdom. Livingston traces this distinction through all of Hume's writings, providing a systematic pathology of the corrupt philosophical consciousness in history, politics, philosophy, and literature that characterized Hume's own time as well as ours. <br><br>By demonstrating how a philosophical method can be used to expose the political motivations behind intellectual positions, historical events, and their subsequent interpretations, Livingston revitalizes Hume's thought and reveals its relevance for contemporary dicussions of politics, nationalism, and ideology for the first time. <br><br></p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>A study of Hume's conception of philosophy as it is grounded in his distinction between true and false philosophy

Author

Donald W. Livingston

Publisher

University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226519210

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Humanities