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A Treatise of Human Nature

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Original author: David Hume

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"A Treatise of Human Nature" by David Hume is a philosophical work published between 1739-40. Inspired by Newton's scientific achievements, Hume seeks to apply experimental methods to human psychology. He argues that passions, not reason, drive human behavior and that our beliefs about cause and effect rest on habit rather than logic. Hume presents the famous problem of induction, defends sentiment-based morality, and controversially declares that "reason is, and ought only to be the slave to the passions." This foundational text challenges rationalist philosophy through empirical investigation.

A Treatise of Human Nature, by David Hume. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #4705.

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32 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter826 words
  2. 2.Introduction1,926 words
  3. 3.Part I: Of Ideas, Their Origin, Composition, Connexion, Abstraction,8,563 words
  4. 4.Part II: Of the Ideas of Space and Time (1)8,834 words
  5. 5.Part II: Of the Ideas of Space and Time (2)6,328 words
  6. 6.Part III: Of Knowledge and Probability (1)8,926 words
  7. 7.Part III: Of Knowledge and Probability (2)8,838 words
  8. 8.Part III: Of Knowledge and Probability (3)8,859 words
  9. 9.Part III: Of Knowledge and Probability (4)8,911 words
  10. 10.Part III: Of Knowledge and Probability (5)5,213 words
  11. 11.Part IV: Of the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy (1)8,917 words
  12. 12.Part IV: Of the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy (2)8,881 words
  13. 13.Part IV: Of the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy (3)8,936 words
  14. 14.Part IV: Of the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy (4)5,724 words
  15. 15.Part I: Of Pride and Humility (1)8,759 words
  16. 16.Part I: Of Pride and Humility (2)8,939 words
  1. 17.Part I: Of Pride and Humility (3)548 words
  2. 18.Part II: Of Love and Hatred (1)8,832 words
  3. 19.Part II: Of Love and Hatred (2)8,762 words
  4. 20.Part II: Of Love and Hatred (3)6,595 words
  5. 21.Part III: Of the Will and Direct Passions (1)8,816 words
  6. 22.Part III: Of the Will and Direct Passions (2)8,846 words
  7. 23.Part III: Of the Will and Direct Passions (3)1,229 words
  8. 24.Part I: Of Virtue and Vice in General7,726 words
  9. 25.Part II: Of Justice and Injustice (1)8,798 words
  10. 26.Part II: Of Justice and Injustice (2)8,438 words
  11. 27.Part II: Of Justice and Injustice (3)8,716 words
  12. 28.Part II: Of Justice and Injustice (4)8,828 words
  13. 29.Part II: Of Justice and Injustice (5)709 words
  14. 30.Part III: Of the Other Virtues and Vices (1)8,913 words
  15. 31.Part III: Of the Other Virtues and Vices (2)7,562 words
  16. 32.Appendix2,715 words