David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… Image Allan Ramsay, ‘David Hume’, 1754, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 3521 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_of_David_Hume.jpg Image Allan Ramsay, ‘Jean-Jacques … first at Hume as a sociable philosopher, in theory and 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 Mots-clés 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 …
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