The life of David Hume /
Mossner, Ernest Campbell,1907-1986,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Student of humanity, 1711-1744. Man of letters -- The Humes of Ninewells -- Boyhood at Ninewells -- Student days at Edinburgh -- Law versus literature -- Disease of the learned -- Recovery through catharsis -- Tranquility in France -- Fever of publication -- A treatise of human nature -- Essays moral and political -- Pt. 2. Observer of human nature, 1744-1749. Academic illusion -- The unfortunate tutor -- Spectator to a rebellion -- A military campaign -- A military embassy -- Pt. 3. Distinguished man of letters, 1749-1763. Achievement of ambition -- Leisure and laughter -- Citizen of Edinburgh -- Political discourses -- Pax ecclesiastica -- The opposition gathers -- The history of England -- Four dissertations -- Drum ecclesiastic -- The bard and the church -- Scotland's Augustans -- The indifference of England -- Pt. 4. Citizen of the world, 1763-1769. Scotland for ever? -- The call of France -- The adulation of France -- The Comtesse de Boufflers -- The philosophies -- Embassy secretary -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Under-secretary of state -- Pt. 5. "Saint David of Scotland", 1769-1776. Autumnal serenity -- Disturbers of the peace -- Death comes for the philosopher -- The dignity of human nature.
Hume, David, 1711-1776
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