Other Works
The Letters of David Hume
- Hume, David. The Letters of David Hume, edited by J.Y.T. Greig, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1932.From the publisher: J. Y. T. Greig’s two-volume edition, first published in 1932, presents the correspondence of one of the great men of the 18th century. This first volume contains David Hume’s letters from 1727 to 1765. Hume correspondents… More
Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (1779)
- Hume, David. Dialogues concerning Natural Religion, edited by Dorothy Coleman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.From the publisher: David Hume’s Dialogues concerning Natural Religion, first published in 1779, is one of the most influential works in the philosophy of religion and the most artful instance of philosophical dialogue since the dialogues of Plato. It… More
My Own Life
- Hume, David. “My Own Life” (Hume's autobiographical essay), in The Letters of David Hume, edited by J.Y.T. Greig, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1932.From the author: To Adam Smith. May 3. You will find among my Papers a very inoffensive Piece, called My own Life, which I composed a few days before I left Edinburgh, when I thought, as did all my Friends, that my life was despaired of. There can be no… More
The Natural History of Religion (1757)
- Hume, David. A Dissertation on the Passions and The Natural History of Religion, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2007.From the publisher: In this volume, Tom Beauchamp presents two essays from Four Dissertations (1757), the last philosophical work written by Hume, which was subsequently revised by the philosopher in the remaining years of his life. While the bulk of A… More
A Dissertation on the Passions (1757)
- Hume, David. A Dissertation on the Passions and The Natural History of Religion, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2007.From the publisher: In this volume, Tom Beauchamp presents two essays from Four Dissertations (1757), the last philosophical work written by Hume, which was subsequently revised by the philosopher in the remaining years of his life. While the bulk of A… More