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2611791David Humehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/david-hume-9780141969763/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3070981/8e51fcdb-63ca-4581-81c1-f83dfb3334ba.jpg?v=638865635320500000284334MXNPenguin Books LtdInStock/Ebooks/<p>A skilful and lucid study ... Humes History has been unjustly neglected at the expense of his philosophy. Phillipsons book should help redress the balance <em>London Review of Books</em></p><p>For pray, what is the End of Man? Is he created for Happiness or for Virtue? For this Life or for the next? For himself or for his Maker?</p><p>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. Nicholas Phillipsons succinct study 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 Britains history, showing how the past was shaped solely through human choices and actions.</p><p>In this account of Humes life and works, from his university days in Edinburgh to the rapturous reception of his <em>History of England</em>, 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.</p>...2547972David Hume284334https://www.gandhi.com.mx/david-hume-9780141969763/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3070981/8e51fcdb-63ca-4581-81c1-f83dfb3334ba.jpg?v=638865635320500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119780141969763_W3siaWQiOiJkZjIwZGYzYi01YTk5LTQ1MTMtOTVjYi0zNmRmZDdhNTdlODkiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMzNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjUwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI4NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDUtMjNUMjM6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA2LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiI4NDk5ZDcwOS1hYzczLTQ5ZjMtODE2ZS0zYjk1YjViMTljMmEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMzNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjUwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI4NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780141969763_<p>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 succinct study, Nicholas 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 Britains history, showing how the past was shaped solely through human choices and actions.</p><p>In this analysis of Humes life and works, from his university days in Edinburgh to the rapturous reception of his <em>History of England</em>, 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.</p>(*_*)9780141969763_<p>A skilful and lucid study ... Humes History has been unjustly neglected at the expense of his philosophy. Phillipsons book should help redress the balance <em>London Review of Books</em></p><p>For pray, what is the End of Man? Is he created for Happiness or for Virtue? For this Life or for the next? For himself or for his Maker?</p><p>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. Nicholas Phillipsons succinct study 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 Britains history, showing how the past was shaped solely through human choices and actions.</p><p>In this account of Humes life and works, from his university days in Edinburgh to the rapturous reception of his <em>History of England</em>, 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.</p>...9780141969763_Penguin Books Ltdlibro_electonico_b2e1916e-a350-4edc-aeb6-3a95798d564f_9780141969763;9780141969763_9780141969763Nicholas PhillipsonInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/PenguinUK-epub-3bc86d41-2cee-47fc-9b25-e763346902e5.epub2011-05-05T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Books Ltd