David Hume A Dissertation Of The Passions
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Author | : David Hume |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 455 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199251886 |
Tom Beauchamp presents the definitive scholarly edition of two famous works by David Hume, both originally published in 1757. In A Dissertation on the Passions Hume sets out his original view of the nature and central role of passion and emotion. The Natural History of Religion is a landmark work in the study of religion as a natural phenomenon.
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Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Philosophy, British |
ISBN | : 9781570852565 |
Author | : David Hume |
Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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Although these essays are usually read apart from their original context, Hume clearly intended the four works -- The Natural History of Religion, A Dissertation on the Passions, Of Tragedy, and Of the Standard of Taste -- to stand together as a unified whole, showcasing his psychology of the passions and demonstrating its applications to both religion and aesthetics. This edition also includes Hume's extended Dedication, a passionate endorsement of intellectual and artistic freedom which has been out of print since the original publication in 1757.
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Author | : David Hume |
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Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1777 |
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Author | : Amyas Merivale |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2018-12-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0429787464 |
This book offers the first comprehensive critical study of David Hume’s Four Dissertations of 1757, containing the Natural History of Religion, the Dissertation on the Passions, and the two essays Of Tragedy and Of the Standard of Taste. The author defends two important claims. The first is that these four works were not published together merely for convenience, but that they form a tightly integrated set, unified by the subject matter of the passions. The second is that the theory of the passions they jointly present is significantly different—indeed, significantly improved—from that of the earlier Treatise. Most strikingly, it is anti-egoist and anti-hedonist about motivation, where the Treatise had espoused a Lockean hedonism and egoism. It is also more cognitivist in its analysis of the passions themselves, and demonstrates a greater awareness of the limits of sympathy and of the varieties of human taste. This book is an important contribution to the scholarly literature on Hume’s work on the passions, art, and superstitious belief.
Author | : David Hume |
Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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In 1756 a volume of Hume's essays entitled Five Dissertations was printed and ready for distribution. The essays included "The Natural History of Religion", "Of the Passions", "Of Tragedy", "Of Suicide", and "Of the Immortality of the Soul". The latter two essays made direct attacks on common religious doctrines by defending a person's moral right to commit suicide and by criticizing the idea of life after death. Early copies were passed around, and someone of influence threatened to prosecute Hume's publisher if the book was distributed as is. The printed copies of Five Dissertations were then physically altered, with a new essay "Of the Standard of Taste" inserted in place of the two removed essays. Hume also took this opportunity to alter two particularly offending paragraphs in the Natural History. The essays were then bound with the new title Four Dissertations and distributed in January, 1757. The essays in Four stand together as a unified whole, showcasing his psychology of the passions and demonstrating its application to both religion and aesthetics. This edition also includes Hume's extended Dedication, a passionate endorsement of intellectual and artistic freedom, which has been out of print since the original publication in 1757. The essays on suicide and the immortality of the soul, long separated from the other essays, are here finally put back, as intended by Hume. "On the Immortality of the Soul" briskly dismisses metaphysical, moral, and physical arguments, and refers us instead to a revelation that Hume himself clearly did not believe in. "On Suicide" vigorously rebuts the theologians' claim that self-destruction is a crime, arguing instead that under certaincircumstances, suicide might be not permissible but morally required. Included are "Two Letters on Suicide" from Rousseau's Eloisa.
Author | : David Hume |
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Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1784 |
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Author | : David Hume |
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Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Ethics |
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Enquiry concerning the principles of morals / Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Author | : David Hume |
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Total Pages | : 531 |
Release | : 1809 |
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