In the letters, Mr Hume, who was born in Edinburgh in 1711, wrote of the teacher: “He is an empty, conceited Fellow, full of ...

On Sunday July 7, 1766, James Boswell records in his diary that ‘being too late for church’ he decided to stroll over to St Andrews Square in Edinburgh to visit David Hume, who had recently ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login A thorough examination of the role which David Hume's writings played upon the founders of the United States. This book explores the ...

Edinburgh University has renamed its David Hume Tower over the philosopher's "comments on matters of race". The building, which will be used as a student study space this academic year ...

Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, This is a study of the political theory of the Enlightenment, focusing on four leading eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and ...

Philosopher David Hume offers a strong defence of the moral right of a person to take their own life, and he comes close to the intentions of ...