Essays Moral, Political, Literary (LF ed.)

Paul Guyer engages Immanuel Kant’s responses to David Hume’s work—Kant critiques Hume while also being influenced by his metaphysical claims.

Rasmussen’s book covers the fascinating personal and ideological relationship between David Hume and Adam Smith.

Political Scientist Dennis Rasmussen of Tufts University and author of The Infidel and the Professor talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his book–the intellectual and personal connections between two of the greatest thinkers of all time, David Hume and Adam Smith.

Hume, a famous historian in his time, wrote of the transition in English history from a government of will to a government of law.

This Liberty Matters forum outlines David Hume’s ambitious “Project” with a list of 8 “theses”, the last of which states that “Liberty is the Central Theme.” Given its unique history, England was able to preserve and elaborate this insight in large part because of its inherent disposition to…

Laurence Bongie’s book explores Hume’s early conception of skepticism, predating that of Edmund Burke’s conservative work.

Hume was a quintessential eighteenth-century man of letters, as evidenced by his Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary.