A Treatise of Human Nature

by Hume, David; Selby-Bigge, L. A.; Nidditch, P. H.

• ISBN13: 9780198245889
• ISBN10: 0198245882
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1978-11-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature, composed before the author was twenty-eight years old, was published in 1739 and 1740.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	xiii
BOOK I. OF THE UNDERSTANDING.	1	(274)
PART I. Of ideas; their origin, composition, abstraction, connexion, &c.	1	(25)
I. Of the origin of our ideas	1	(6)
II. Division of the subject	7	(1)
III. Of the ideas of the memory and imagination	8	(2)
IV. Of the connexion or association of ideas	10	(3)
V. Of [relations]	13	(2)
VI. Of modes and substances	15	(2)
VII. Of abstract ideas	17	(9)
PART II. Of the ideas of space and time.	26	(43)
I. Of the infinite divisibility of our ideas of space and time	26	(3)
II. Of the infinite divisibility of space and time	29	(4)
III. Of the other qualities of our ideas of space and time	33	(6)
IV. Objections answer'd	39	(14)
V. The same subject continu'd	53	(13)
VI. Of the idea of existence and of external existence	66	(3)
PART III. Of knowledge and probability.	69	(111)
I. Of knowledge	69	(4)
II. Of probability; and of the idea of cause and effect	73	(5)
III. Why a cause is always necessary?	78	(4)
IV. Of the component parts of our reasonings concerning causes and effects	82	(2)
V. Of the impressions of the senses and memory	84	(2)
VI. Of the inference from the impression to the idea	86	(8)
VII. Of the nature of the idea, or belief	94	(4)
VIII. Of the causes of belief	98	(8)
IX. Of the effects of other relations, and other habits	106	(12)
X. Of the influence of belief	118	(6)
XI. Of the probability of chances	124	(6)
XII. Of the probability of causes	130	(13)
XIII. Of unphilosophical probability	143	(12)
XIV. Of the idea of necessary connexion	155	(18)
XV. Rules by which to judge of causes and effects	173	(3)
XVI. Of the reason of animals	176	(4)
PART IV. Of the sceptical and other systems of philosophy.	180	(95)
I. Of scepticism with regard to reason	180	(7)
II. Of scepticism with regard to the senses	187	(32)
III. Of the antient philosophy	219	(6)
IV. Of the modern philosophy	225	(7)
V. Of the immateriality of the soul	232	(19)
VI. Of personal identity	251	(12)
VII. Conclusion of this book	263	(12)
BOOK II. OF THE PASSIONS.	275	(180)
PART I. Of pride and humility.	275	(54)
I. Division of the subject	275	(2)
II. Of pride and humility; their objects and causes	277	(3)
III. Whence these objects and causes are deriv'd?	280	(2)
IV. Of the relations of impressions and ideas	282	(3)
V. Of the influence of these relations on pride and humility	285	(5)
VI. Limitations of this system	290	(4)
VII. Of vice and virtue	294	(4)
VIII. Of beauty and deformity	298	(5)
IX. Of external advantages and disadvantages	303	(6)
X. Of property and riches	309	(7)
XI. Of the love of fame	316	(8)
XII. Of the pride and humility of animals	324	(5)
PART II. Of love and hatred.	329	(70)
I. Of the [objects] and causes of love and hatred	329	(3)
II. Experiments to confirm this system	332	(15)
III. Difficulties solv'd	347	(4)
IV. Of the love of relations	351	(6)
V. Of our esteem for the rich and powerful	357	(9)
VI. Of benevolence and anger	366	(2)
VII. Of compassion	368	(4)
VIII. Of malice and envy	372	(9)
IX. Of the mixture of benevolence and anger with compassion and malice	381	(8)
X. Of respect and contempt	389	(5)
XI. Of the amorous passion, or love betwixt the sexes	394	(3)
XII. Of the love and hatred of animals	397	(2)
PART III. Of the will and direct passions.	399	(56)
I. Of liberty and necessity	399	(8)
II. The same subject continu'd	407	(6)
III. Of the influencing motives of the will	413	(5)
IV. Of the causes of the violent passions	418	(4)
V. Of the effects of custom	422	(2)
VI. Of the influence of the imagination on the passions	424	(3)
VII. Of contiguity and distance in space and time	427	(5)
VIII. The same subject continu'd	432	(6)
IX. Of the direct passions	438	(10)
X. Of curiosity, or the love of truth	448	(7)
BOOK III. OF MORALS.	455	(168)
PART I. Of virtue and vice in general.	455	(22)
I. Moral distinctions not deriv'd from reason	455	(15)
II. Moral distinctions deriv'd from a moral sense	470	(7)
PART II. Of justice and injustice.	477	(97)
I. Justice, whether a natural or artificial virtue	477	(7)
II. Of the origin of justice and property	484	(17)
III. Of the rules that determine property	501	(13)
IV. Of the transference of property by consent	514	(2)
V. Of the obligation of promises	516	(10)
VI. Some farther reflections concerning justice and injustice	526	(8)
VII. Of the origin of government	534	(5)
VIII. Of the source of allegiance	539	(10)
IX. Of the measures of allegiance	549	(4)
X. Of the objects of allegiance	553	(14)
XI. Of the laws of nations	567	(3)
XII. Of chastity and modesty	570	(4)
PART III. Of the other virtues and vices.	574	(49)
I. Of the origin of the natural virtues and vices	574	(18)
II. Of greatness of mind	592	(10)
III. Of goodness and benevolence	602	(4)
IV. Of natural abilities	606	(8)
V. Some farther reflections concerning the natural virtues	614	(4)
VI. Conclusion of this book	618	(5)
APPENDIX	623	(20)
ABSTRACT OF THE TREATISE	643	(20)
Textual Notes	663	(12)
Index	675