A Treatise of Human Nature is David Hume's philosophical inquiry into the workings of the human mind. It examines how we form ideas, reason, and experience emotions, laying groundwork for empiricism. Listeners interested in the foundations of modern philosophy will find it rewarding.
Rara temporum felicitas, ubi sentire, quae velis; & quae sentias, dicere licet.
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My design in the present work is sufficiently explained in the Introduction. The reader must only observe, that all the subjects I have there planned out to myself, are not treated of in these two volumes. The subjects of the understanding and passions make a complete chain of reasoning by themselves; and I was willing to take advantage of this natural division, in order to try the taste of the public. If I have the good fortune to meet with success, I shall proceed to the examination of morals, politics, and criticism; which will complete this Treatise of Human Nature. The approbation of the public I consider as the greatest reward of my labours; but am determined to regard its judgment, whatever it be, as my best instruction.
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