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Reception of David Hume In Europe

By Peter Jones

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2005
ISBN
0826463495, 9780826463494
LCC
B1498 .R43 2005
Open Library ID
OL20191473M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
29 MB (30020862 bytes)
Series
Reception Of British & Irish Authors Europe
Pages
433\433
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British writers cannot be assessed without reference to their European 'fortunes'. These essays, prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, record the ways in which David Hume has been translated, evaluated and emulated in different national and linguistic areas of Europe. This is the first collection of essays to consider how and where Hume's works were initially understood throughout Europe. They reflect on how early European responses to Hume relied on available French translations, and concentrated on his Political Discourses and his History, and how later German translations enabled professional philosophers to discuss his more abstract ideas. Also explored is the idea that continental readers were not able to judge the accuracy of the translations they read, nor did many consider the contexts in which Hume was writing: rather, they were intent on using what they read for their own purposes.

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