'a treatise of human nature'

  • 1A Treatise of Human Nature — is a book by Scottish philosopher David Hume, first published in 1739–1740. The full title of the Treatise is A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to introduce the experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects . It contains the… …

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  • 2Human nature — For other uses, see Human nature (disambiguation). “ We do not know what our nature permits us to be. – Jean Jacques Rousseau, Emile ” …

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  • 3Treatise — This article is about the literary form. For the musical composition by Cornelius Cardew, see Treatise (music). A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject, generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an… …

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  • 4Human self-reflection — is the capacity of humans to exercise introspection and the willingness to learn more about our fundamental nature, purpose and essence. The earliest historical records demonstrate the great interest which humanity has had in itself. Human self… …

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  • 5Hume on human understanding — David Hume on human understanding Anne Jaap Jacobson David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature1 was published before he was 30 years old. It is often said to be the greatest philosophical work written in English. Bold and ambitious, it is designed… …

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  • 6State of nature — is a term in political philosophy used in social contract theories to describe the hypothetical condition that preceded governments. There must have been a time before government, and so the question is how legitimate government could emerge from …

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  • 7An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding — is a book by the Scottish empiricist and philosopher David Hume, published in 1748. It was a simplification of an earlier effort, Hume s A Treatise of Human Nature , published anonymously in London in 1739 ndash;1740. Hume was disappointed with… …

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  • 8Traite de la nature humaine — Traité de la nature humaine Traité de la nature humaine Auteur David Hume Genre Philosophie Pays d origine …

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  • 9Traité de la nature humaine — Auteur David Hume Genre Philosophie Pays d origine …

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  • 10Human security — is an emerging paradigm for understanding global vulnerabilities whose proponents challenge the traditional notion of national security by arguing that the proper referent for security should be the individual rather than the state. Human… …

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