David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… Image Allan Ramsay, ‘David Hume’, 1766, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, PG 1057. Abstract David Hume was a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and an active participant in European networks. He believed in the power of … 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 …
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