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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

Authors: David Hume
ISBN-13: 9781420926996, ISBN-10: 1420926993
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Digireads.com
Date Published: January 2006
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: David Hume

Peter Millican is founder and director of the Leeds Electronic Text Centre and editor of the journal Hume Studies. He recently edited Reading Hume on Human Understanding.

Book Synopsis

Extracted from: Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding, and Concerning the Principles of Morals, By David Hume. Reprinted from The Posthumous Edition of 1777, and Edited with Introduction, Comparative Tables of Contents, and Analytical Index by L.A. Selby-Bigge, M.A., Late Fellow of University College, Oxford.

	How to Use this Book	3
	List of Abbreviations	5
	Editor's introduction	7
	The Text Printed in this Edition	54
	Supplementary Reading	55
	An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals	71
1	Of the General Principles of Morals	73
2	Of Benevolence	78
3	Of Justice	83
4	Of Political Society	99
5	Why Utility Pleases	104
6	Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves	119
7	Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Ourselves	131
8	Of Qualities Immediately Agreeable to Others	139
9	Conclusion	145
App. 1	Concerning Moral Sentiment	157
App. 2	Of Self-Love	164
App. 3	Some Farther Considerations with Regard to Justice	170
App. 4	Of Some Verbal Disputes	176
	A Dialogue	185
	Annotations to the Enquiry	203
	Glossary	258
	References	266
	Index	275