David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… such distinction, as even to excite 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 … to Paris, then Reims, and La Flèche, where he wrote the Treatise on Human Nature , and most certainly familiarised himself with French philosophy (Malebranche, Descartes, Bayle). This period was one of retreat for Hume, and of … , 2 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2021), vol. 1, p. 164. 5 . ‘No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its con-sequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others, and to receive by communication …
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