David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… a murmur among the zealots.’ 1 1 . The Life of David Hume, esq. Written by Himself (London, 1777), p. 8-9. The role he played in the definition of the Scottish Enlightenment invites further consideration of what constituted, for Hume, a … the Poker Club (1762) in Edinburgh, 3 which counted among its members Ferguson, Smith, the historian Robertson or the playwright John Home. In London, he was a founding member of Boodle’s (1762) together with Lord Shelburne, Lord …
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