David Hume [[electronic resource] ] : prophet of the counter-revolution / / Laurence L. Bongie ; with a foreword by Donald W. Livingston

• Autore: Bongie Laurence L
• Pubblicazione: Indianapolis, : Liberty Fund, c2000
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 942
• Soggetto topico: Conservatism - History - 18th century; Counterrevolutionaries
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 Historiography; Great Britain History Early Stuarts, 1603-1649 Historiography; France History Revolution, 1789-1799
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Laurence L. Bongie, David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-Revolution ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Publishing Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. v ""; ""Foreword, p. vii ""; ""Preface to the Liberty Fund Edition, p. xi ""; ""Introduction, p. xiii ""; ""I. Before 1789 ""; ""1. Royal Panegyrics, p. 1 ""; ""2. The Science and Art of English History, p. 2 ""; ""3. Jehovah Among the Hebrews, p. 10 ""; ""4. Papist or Pyrrhonian?, p. 15 ""; ""5. The Scottish Bossuet, p. 35 ""; ""6. Debate with Turgot, p. 54 ""; ""7. Early Hostility: Mirabeau, Mably, and Brissot, p. 60 "" ; ""8. Defence and Defiance, p. 65 """"9. Anticipating the Storm, p. 75 ""; ""II. The Revolution and the Role of History, p. 79 ""; ""1. History as a Weapon of Counter-Revolution, p. 79 ""; ""2. History as the Superstition of Slaves, p. 93 ""; ""III. From 1789 to the Trial of Louis XVI, p. 103 ""; ""1. Prophetic Parallels and the Counter-Revolutionary Lessons of Hume, p. 103 ""; ""2. The Long Parliament: Brissot Versus Clermont-Tonnere, p. 123 ""; ""3. A Republican Antidote: Catherine M acaulay-Graham, p. 132 ""; ""IV. The Trial of ""Le Stuart Francais,"" p. 141 "" ; ""1. Louis XVI and Charles I: A Condemned King's Mediations, p. 141 """"2. David Hume and Stuart History for the Defense, p. 149 ""; ""3. Cromwell in the Convention: The Judgement of Posterity, p. 156 ""; ""4. The Parallel Rejected: Brutus to the Rescue, p. 165 ""; ""5. Principles Versus Precedents, p. 171 ""; ""V. The Aftermath, p. 177 ""; ""1. Republican Qualms, p. 177 ""; ""2. Waiting for General Monk, p. 186 ""; ""3. Conclusion, p. 196 ""; ""Index of Names and Titles, p. 203 ""
• Titolo autorizzato: David Hume
• ISBN: 1-61487-775-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786352903321
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