1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910222059103321

Titolo

Il passato degli antichi : atti del Convegno, Napoli, 1-2 ottobre 2001 / a cura di Flaviana Ficca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : nella sede dell'Istituto, 2004

Descrizione fisica

235 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Momenti e problemi della storia del pensiero ; 12

Disciplina

938

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P2E NAPOLI 2001

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In cop.: Istituto italiano per gli studi filosofici

Ed. f. c.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810709103321

Autore

McArthur Neil <1972->

Titolo

David Hume's political theory : law, commerce, and the constitution of government / / Neil McArthur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4426-3864-8

1-4426-8426-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

320/.01

Soggetti

Political science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hume's indissoluble chain -- Barbarous government and the perils of discretion -- General laws and civilized government -- Luxury and the ancient states -- The case of Britain -- Hume's precautionary conservatism.

Sommario/riassunto

"David Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his treatises on problems of epistemology, skepticism and causation. A less familiar side of his intellectual achievement is his work on legal and political theory. David Hume's Political Theory examines Hume's diverse writings on law and government and argues that the philosopher had developed a coherent and persuasive theory of politics." "Through close textual analysis, Neil McArthur suggests that the key to Hume's political theory lies in its distinction between barbarous and civilized government. In this study, the author explores Hume's argument that a society's progress from barbarism to civilization depends on the legal and political system by which it is governed. In contrast to many Humean scholars, McArthur demonstrates that the skepticism apparent in much of Hume's work does not necessarily entail a strict conservative ideology; in fact, Hume's political theory emphasized many liberal virtues as well."--Jacket