LEADER 02625nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910461637003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-06218-5 010 $a9786613519924 010 $a0-300-18486-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000176228 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24090775 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000655211 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11955679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655211 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10596230 035 $a(PQKB)10749597 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420795 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420795 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10546754 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL351992 035 $a(OCoLC)923597394 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000176228 100 $a20111027d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDavid Hume$b[electronic resource] $ethe philosopher as historian /$fNicholas Phillipson 205 $aRev. ed. 210 $aNew Haven, CT $cYale University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (168 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-18166-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $bA 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. 606 $aHistorians$zScotland$vBiography 606 $aPhilosophers$zScotland$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistorians 615 0$aPhilosophers 676 $a941.007202 700 $aPhillipson$b N. T$g(Nicholas T.)$0914368 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461637003321 996 $aDavid Hume$92048536 997 $aUNINA