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Title: Hume
(English Men of Letters Series)
Author: T.H. Huxley
Release Date: July 13, 2006 [EBook #18819]
Language: English
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English Men of Letters
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HUME
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HUME
BY
PROFESSOR HUXLEY
London
MACMILLAN AND CO
1879
_The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved_
LONDON:
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR,
BREAD STREET HILL.
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CONTENTS.
_PART I.--HUME'S LIFE._
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
EARLY LIFE: LITERARY AND POLITICAL WRITINGS 1
CHAPTER II.
LATER YEARS: THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND 26
_PART II.--HUME'S PHILOSOPHY._
CHAPTER I.
THE OBJECT AND SCOPE OF PHILOSOPHY 48
CHAPTER II.
THE CONTENTS OF THE MIND 60
CHAPTER III.
THE ORIGIN OF THE IMPRESSIONS. 74
CHAPTER IV.
THE CLASSIFICATION AND THE NOMENCLATURE OF MENTAL
OPERATIONS 89
CHAPTER V.
THE MENTAL PHENOMENA OF ANIMALS 103
CHAPTER VI.
LANGUAGE--PROPOSITIONS CONCERNING NECESSARY TRUTHS 114
CHAPTER VII.
THE ORDER OF NATURE: MIRACLES 129
CHAPTER VIII.
THEISM: EVOLUTION OF THEOLOGY 140
CHAPTER IX.
THE SOUL: THE DOCTRINE OF IMMORTALITY 165
CHAPTER X.
VOLITIO
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