Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals

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

• ISBN13: 9780198245360
• ISBN10: 019824536X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1975-06-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature, composed before the author was twenty-six years old, was published in 1739 and 1740. Its importance was not generally recognized at the time. For this new edition, Professor Nidditch has corrected the wording of Selby-Bigge's text in a number of places where he found this to diverge from the 1777 edition or where the 1777 edition itself contains error.

Table of Contents

AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING	5	(164)
I. Of the different Species of Philosophy	5	(12)
II. Of the Origin of Ideas	17	(6)
III. Of the Association of Ideas	23	(2)
IV. Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations of the Understanding	25	(15)
V. Sceptical Solution of these Doubts	40	(16)
VI. Of Probability	56	(4)
VII. Of the Idea of necessary Connexion	60	(20)
VIII. Of Liberty and Necessity	80	(24)
IX. Of the Reason of Animals	104	(5)
X. Of Miracles	109	(23)
XI. Of a particular Providence and of a future State	132	(17)
XII. Of the academical or sceptical Philosophy	149	(20)
AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS.	169	(116)
I. Of the general Principles of Morals	169	(7)
II. Of Benevolence	176	(7)
III. Of Justice	183	(22)
IV. Of political Society	205	(7)
V. Why Utility pleases	212	(21)
VI. Of Qualities useful to Ourselves	233	(17)
VII. Of Qualities immediately agreeable to Ourselves	250	(11)
VIII. Of Qualities immediately agreeable to Others	261	(7)
IX. Conclusion	268	(17)
APPENDIX	285	(39)
I. Concerning Moral Sentiment	285	(10)
II. Of Self-love	295	(8)
III. Some farther Considerations with regard to Justice	303	(9)
IV. Of some verbal Disputes	312	(12)
A DIALOGUE	324	(20)
ADDITIONAL NOTE TO PAGE 125	344	(3)
NOTES	347	(46)
INDEX	393