David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature Volume 2: Editorial Material

by Norton, David Fate; Norton, Mary J.

• ISBN13: 9780199596348
• ISBN10: 0199596344
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-15
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This second volume begins with their 'Historical Account' of theTreatise, an account that runs from the beginnings of the work to the period immediately following Hume's death in 1776, followed by an account of the Nortons' editorial procedures and policies and a record of the differences between the first-edition text of theTreatiseand the critical text that follows. The volume continues with an extensive set of 'Editors' Annotations', intended to illuminate (though not intepret) Hume's texts; a four-part bibliography of materials cited in both volumes; and a comprehensive index.

Author Biography

David Fate Norton is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at McGill University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Victoria.


Mary J. Norton is a retired teacher and librarian.

Table of Contents

A Note on the Texts	p. xi
Contents of A Treatise of Human Nature	p. xiv
A Treatise of Human Nature	p. 1
An Abstract of … A Treatise of Human Nature	p. 403
A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend in Edinburgh	p. 419
Abbreviations and Conventions	p. viii
Historical Account of A Treatise of Human Nature from its Beginnings to the Time of Hume's Death	p. 433
Editing the Texts of the Treatise, the Abstract, and the Letter from a Gentleman	p. 589
Reproductions	p. 663
The Appendix to Volume 3	p. 674
Editors' Annotations	p. 685
Bibliography	p. 980
Historical Account and Editing the Texts	p. 1035
Hume's Texts and Editors' Annotations	p. 1063
Abbreviations and Conventions	p. viii
Historical Account of a Treatise of Human Nature from its Beginnings to the Time of Hume's Death
Writing the Treatise	p. 433
Publication of Volumes 1 and 2	p. 451
The Abstract of the Treatise	p. 459
Revising Book 1	p. 471
Revising and Publishing Book 3	p. 477
Announcements and Advertisements	p. 488
Notices, Reviews, and Criticism, 1739-41	p. 494
The Letter from a Gentleman	p. 519
Further Responses: 1751-77	p. 526
Hume's Assessments and Recastings of the Treatise	p. 576
Editing the Texts of the Treatise, the Abstract, and the Letter from a Gentleman
From Copy-text to Critical Text	p. 589
Register A: Formal Emendations	p. 632
Register B: Substantive Emendations or Amendments and Textual Variants	p. 644
Editorial Appendix 1: Reproductions	p. 663
Editorial Appendix 2: The Appendix to Volume 3	p. 674
Editors' Annotations
Foreword	p. 685
A Treatise of Human Nature	p. 688
Advertisement	p. 689
Introduction	p. 689
Of the Understanding	p. 696
Of the Passions	p. 819
Of Morals Appendix	p. 883
Appendix	p. 959
An Abstract of … A Treatise of Human Nature	p. 961
A Letter from a Gentleman	p. 968
Bibliography
Introduction	p. 980
Primary Sources	p. 981
Primary Sources Cited from the Physiological Library	p. 1017
Primary Sources Cited from the David Hume Library	p. 1020
Secondary Sources	p. 1024
Indexes
Historical Account and Editing the Texts	p. 1035
Hume's Texts and Editors' Annotations	p. 1063
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