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David Hume : The Philosopher As Historian by Phillipson, N. T. (Nicholas T.) is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is David Hume : The Philosopher As Historian about?
A giant of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, David Hume was one of the most important philosophers ever to write in English. He was also a brilliant historian. In this book—a new and revised edition of his 1989 classic—Nicholas Phillipson shows how Hume freed history from religion and politics. As a philosopher, Hume sought a way of seeing the world and pursuing happiness independently of a belief in God. His groundbreaking approach applied the same outlook to Britain's history, showing how
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Phillipson, N. T. (Nicholas T.)
- Publisher
- New Haven: Yale University Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300181661
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Philosophy, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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