A Dissertation on the Passions

A Dissertation on the Passions
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.