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The History of England at Wikisource. The History of England (1754–1761) is David Hume 's great work on the history of England (also covering Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ), [1] which he wrote in instalments while he was librarian to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh. [2] It was published in six volumes in 1754, 1757, 1759, and 1762.
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Sep 6, 2016 · THE LIFE OF DAVID HUME, ESQ. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. MY OWN LIFE. It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity; therefore I shall be short. It may be thought an instance of vanity that I pretend at all to write my life; but this narrative shall contain little more than the history of my writings; as, indeed, almost all my life has been spent in literary pursuits and o
Hume's language is much more formal, sentences longer, but actually the vocabulary is very similar. David Hume was born in 1711, died in 1776; Churchill was born in 1874 and died in 1974. Published in 1762, Hume's History of England is in 5 volumes (in the edition I'm reading) begins with a "My Own Life," an short autobiography.
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Jul 1, 2014 · Abstract. This chapter argues for the History of England ’s importance in Hume’s overall achievement. The chapter describes the History ’s genesis, reception, methods, and aims. In the role of historian, Hume shared with the ancients the assumption that history is an elevated genre functioning as the “Mistress of Wisdom.”.
A passage in the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding emphasises these interconnexions of philosophy and history. The recognition of this essential affinity of history and philosophy is what makes Hume's History of England ‘philosophical’. Hume's intention to compose a national history arose out of his pervasive study of the ‘science of ...
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The History of England (1754–1761) is David Hume's great work on the history of England, which he wrote in instalments while he was librarian to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh. It was published in six volumes in 1754, 1757, 1759, and 1762. The first publication of his History was greeted with outrage by all political factions, but it became a best-seller, finally giving him the ...
The History of the House of Tudor, Part 2 (1759, 1778) Volume 5. The History of Great Britain, Part 1 (1754, 1778) Volume 6. The History of Great Britain, Part 2 (1757, 1778) A permanent online resource for Hume scholars and students, including reliable texts of almost everything written by David Hume, and links to secondary material on the web.
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