How To Read Hume - Simon Blackburn

'Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.' David HumeDavid Hume is generally recognized as the United Kingdom's greatest philosopher, as well as a notable historian and essayist and a central figure of the Enlightenment. Yet his work is delicately poised between scepticism and naturalism, between despair at the limited powers of the mind and optimism at the progress we can make by understanding it. This difficult balancing act has given rise to a multitude of different interpretations:... Zobrazit více