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David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-Revolution

Book information

Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc.
Year
2000
ISBN
0865972087, 9780865972087
LCC
DA30.H93 B66 2000
Open Library ID
OL38079M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
772 kB (790402 bytes)
Pages
240\240
Library
avaxhome.ws
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Though Edmund Burke is usually identified as the first to articulate the principles of a modern conservative political tradition, he was actually preceded by a Scotsman who is better known for espousing a brilliant concept of scepticism. David Hume was undoubtedly the eighteenth-century British writer whose works were most widely known and acclaimed on the Continent during the later Enlightenment period. Hume's impact [in France] was of undeniable importance, greater even for a time than the related influence of Burke, although it represents a contribution to French counter-revolutionary thought which, unlike that of Burke, has been almost totally ignored by historians to this day.

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