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Feb 28, 2025 20 min

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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These excerpts come from David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and related materials. Hume, a Scottish philosopher, aimed to restate his earlier, less successful Treatise of Human Nature in a more accessible essay form. The Enquiry covers topics like skepticism, causation, free will, miracles, and the limits of human understanding. The included introductory material gives biographical context and analyzes Hume's philosophical development, contrasting the Treatise with the Enquiry. Also included are related works by Hume, including a partial draft of Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, in which he scrutinizes arguments for the existence of God, and an abstract summarizing core arguments in A Treatise of Human Nature.

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