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A Treatise of Human Nature
David Hume
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. The book has appeared in many editions since the death of the author in 1776.
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A landmark work of empiricism, the philosophy that all knowledge is derived from experience through the senses. Hume was inspired by Isaac Newton, who had done revolutionary work in physics through empirical investigation.
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