David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… in practice, he belonged to diverse clubs and societies in Scotland and London, then at Hume’s participation in the Republic of Letters , and finally at philosophy as the practice of sociability. People > Philosophy Keywords Clubs Enlightenment France Philosophy Republic of Letters Salons Scotland Societies David Hume’s original position in eighteenth-century letters is linked to a … where the Enlightenment never took hold, he was just another author competing for the attention of publishers and the public, and as vulnerable as anyone else to the slings and arrows of partisan prejudice.’ 2 2 . John Robertson, ‘Hume, …
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