David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… 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 paradox: he was both a marginal character (Scottish rather than English, British rather than …
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