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David Hume's humanity

9781137539588hardcover

David Hume's humanity

Scott Yeno

Palgrave Macmillan

2016

xiv, 246 pages , 23 cm

Recovering political philosophy

Series: Recovering political philosophy

"Scott Yenor argues that David Hume's reputation as a skeptic is greatly exaggerated. In David Hume's Humanity, Yenor shows how Hume's skepticism is a moment leading Hume to defend a philosophy that is grounded in the inescapable assumptions of common life. Humane virtues reflect the proper reaction to the complex mixture of human faculties that define the human condition. These gentle virtues best find their home in the modern commercial republic, of which England is the leading example. Hume's defense of both common life philosophy and humanity are, however, flawed by his secretly dogmatic assumptions about the nature of history and his Enlightened approach to religious teachings and psychology. This study makes the case for Hume's manner of grounding philosophy in common life is essential to any reinvigoration of the humanities. It ultimately holds that Hume's practice of that philosophy is seriously flawed, but that a more philosophic philosophy of common life is available"--Provided by publisher "Scott Yenor argues that David Hume's reputation as a skeptic is greatly exaggerated and that his skepticism is a moment leading Hume to defend common life philosophy and the humane commercial republic. Gentle, humane virtues reflect the proper reaction to the complex mixture of human faculties that define the human condition"--Provided by publisher David Hume's Philosophy of Common Life -- "Nothing but Sophistry and Illusion" : Metaphysical Speculation Before Hume -- Active Sovereignty in Natural and Moral Philosophy -- "Mitigated Scepticism" and Our "Mixed Kind of Life" : The Philosophic Modesty of Hume's Science of Common Life -- The Liberal Imagination and the Problem of Abstract Speculative Principles in Politics -- Humanity and Commerce -- Religious Revolution and England's Humane Political Constitution -- Religious Belief and Hume's Philosophy of Common Life -- Humanity and Theology in Hume's Religious Dialogues -- Toward a More Philosophical Philosophy of Common Life

Includes bibliographical references and index

the philosophy of common life and its limits

Hume, David,, 1711-1776

Virtues

Skepticism

Political science, Philosophy, History, 18th century

History., fast, )OCoLC(fst01411628

Yenor, Scott,1970-

Title

English Book