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A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects (1739–40) is a book by Scottish philosopher David Hume, considered by many to be Hume's most important work and one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. [1]
- Errata Changes
- Appendix Changes and Additions
- Handwritten Changes
- Cross References
- Footnotes
- Other Editorial Changes
The original edition came with two ERRATA sheets, one for volumes 1 and 2, and another for volume three. All the changes listed here have been incorporated into our edited text. In a few cases, the page numbers for these changes are wrong, but it is never difficult to find the intended page. For example, one instruction for volume 1 is to delete th...
Volume 3 included an Appendix with instructions for some changes and additions to volume 1. The changes are small (much like those in the ERRATA sheets), while the additions consist of some extra footnotes and paragraphs. Both the changes and the additions have been incorporated into the edited text of volume 1, and removed from the Appendix itself...
The scan of volume 3 on ECCO is of the copy held at the British Library, which contains several written changes in Hume’s hand. We have incorporated these into our edited text. Where they are illegible, owing to the quality of the scan, Nidditch’s textual notes to the revised Selby-Bigge edition have been consulted.
For the reader’s convenience, Hume’s cross references to other parts of the Treatisehave been embellished with paragraph numbers or section titles in square brackets.
There is one anomaly to be noted regarding the footnotes of the Treatise. As with all the texts on this site, Hume’s footnote markers have been converted to numbers. For ease, the numbers for the Treatise footnotes here correspond to those in the Oxford Philosophical Texts edition (edited by David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton, OUP, 2000). Norton ...
Unlike his later works, for which there are several editions that were carefully polished over time, the single edition of Hume’s Treatise contains a number of errors, even after the ERRATA sheet, Appendix, and handwritten changes are taken into account. These include misplaced or incorrect punctuation, spelling mistakes (that look like typographic...
Mar 4, 2002 · In pretending, therefore, to explain the principles of human nature, we in effect propose a compleat system of the sciences, built on a foundation almost entirely new, and the only one upon which they can stand with any security.
The scope of the book published by David Hume in 1739–40 is quite mind-boggling. He says in the Introduction to the that he is proposing “a compleat system of the sciences, built on a foundation almost entirely new” (TI 5–6: xv–xvi). This foundation consists in “the principles of human nature” which he sets out to explain.
Jun 28, 2020 · Haakonssen even terms Hume’s conception of justice “as an unintended consequence of individual human actions … one of the boldest moves in the history of the philosophy of law.’ 9 Justice, is born out of a need to preserve what is one’s own, acquired through our “industry and good fortune” (3.2.2.7), and prevent its unintended alienation in face of ever-existing scarcity; from ...
Book 1, Of the Understanding (1739) Book 2, Of the Passions (1739) Advertisement (1740) Book 3, Of Morals (1740) Appendix (1740) A permanent online resource for Hume scholars and students, including reliable texts of almost everything written by David Hume, and links to secondary material on the web.
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A treatise of human nature. Title page of the first volume of 'A treatise of human nature', by David Hume (1739). Published in three volumes, 'Treatise' was the philosopher's first great work in any subject. Yet it was not a success when it was first published. 'Treatise' was 'an attempt to introduce the experimental method of reasoning into ...
