David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals , as well as the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion . From 1751, Hume’s reputation in Scotland made of him a central character in the Scottish Enlightenment. He was a Keeper of the Library of … Shelburne, Lord Shaftesbury, Smith and Ferguson, and was elected a member of Brooks’s in 1766. From the 1760s, Hume’s reputation extended to France, which he visited, where his works were translated – in March 1764, Hume was appointed …
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