Project Gutenberg 2006-07-13 Public domain in the USA. 91 Huxley, Thomas Henry 1825 1895 Huxley, T. H. (Thomas Henry) Hume (English Men of Letters Series) Reading ease score: 47.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Hume" by Thomas Henry Huxley is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the life and philosophy of David Hume, one of the most influential philosophers of the Enlightenment. It features two main parts: Hume's life detailing his personal experiences and literary journey, and an exploration of his philosophical ideas which shaped modern thought. The opening of the text introduces Hume's early life, detailing his birth in Edinburgh and his modest beginnings. It describes his family background, the early loss of his father, and his mother's influence on his education and character formation. It captures Hume's struggle to find a suitable profession, as he attempted various careers before committing to philosophy and literature. His introspective nature and thirst for knowledge are highlighted, setting the stage for understanding the complexity of his philosophical contributions, which the book will explore further. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Hume, David, 1711-1776 Philosophers, Modern -- England -- Biography B Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 442881 442886 2024-10-08T09:59:59.277897 2023-09-08T11:12:55.797968 text/html text/html 444786 2006-07-13T06:50:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 162439 2006-07-13T06:50:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 236661 2024-10-08T10:00:07.606864 application/epub+zip 239879 2024-10-08T10:00:01.591847 application/epub+zip 233540 2024-10-08T10:00:00.165897 application/epub+zip 411217 2024-10-08T10:00:12.291830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365343 2024-10-08T10:00:06.596850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350459 2022-09-09T06:01:55.413053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409793 409670 2024-10-08T09:59:58.195893 2023-09-08T11:12:54.857907 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 409644 2006-07-13T06:50:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 148805 2006-07-13T06:50:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 409671 2006-07-13T06:50:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 148696 2006-07-13T06:50:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21284 2024-10-08T10:00:12.433792 application/rdf+xml 9549 2024-10-08T10:00:00.763848 image/jpeg 2696 2024-10-08T10:00:00.480917 image/jpeg 220028 2024-10-08T09:59:59.318883 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia