02625nam 2200577Ia 450 991046163700332120200520144314.01-280-06218-597866135199240-300-18486-7(CKB)2670000000176228(StDuBDS)AH24090775(SSID)ssj0000655211(PQKBManifestationID)11955679(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655211(PQKBWorkID)10596230(PQKB)10749597(MiAaPQ)EBC3420795(Au-PeEL)EBL3420795(CaPaEBR)ebr10546754(CaONFJC)MIL351992(OCoLC)923597394(EXLCZ)99267000000017622820111027d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrDavid Hume[electronic resource] the philosopher as historian /Nicholas PhillipsonRev. ed.New Haven, CT Yale University Press20121 online resource (168 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-18166-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.A giant of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, David Hume was one of the most important philosophers ever to write in English. He was also a brilliant historian. In this booka new and revised edition of his 1989 classicNicholas Phillipson shows how Hume freed history from religion and politics. As a philosopher, Hume sought a way of seeing the world and pursuing happiness independently of a belief in God. His groundbreaking approach applied the same outlook to Britain's history, showing how the past was shaped solely through human choices and actions.In this analysis of Hume's life and works, from his university days in Edinburgh to the rapturous reception of his History of England, Nicholas Phillipson reveals the gradual process by which one of the greatest Western philosophers turned himself into one of the greatest historians of Britain. In doing so, he shows us how revolutionary Hume was, and why his ideas still matter today.HistoriansScotlandBiographyPhilosophersScotlandBiographyElectronic books.HistoriansPhilosophers941.007202Phillipson N. T(Nicholas T.)914368MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461637003321David Hume2048536UNINA