Phyllis "Peggy" Vandenberg talks about David Hume's belifes and influence on the U.S. Constitution. Phyllis "Peggy" Vandenberg talks about 18th century philosopher David Hume's beliefs and ...

David Hume, Edinburgh, 1711 -1776: "Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few." Adam Ferguson, Atholl, 1723-1816: "Love is an affection which carries ...

When I was 16, I’d discovered cognitive science and analytic philosophy, and knew at once ... The young man’s name was David Hume. Somehow, during the next three years, he managed not only ...

It is quite natural, then, that philosophers should turn for inspiration and encouragement to David Hume, the father of modern scepticism.

In a different hand, written many decades later, another city official added in the margin: “The child here registered is the celebrated David Hume, Historian and Philosopher.” Three hundred ...

A petition by a student of the University of Edinburgh has called for the re-naming of its David Hume Tower, drawing attention to the philosopher’s 1753 essay, Of National Characters ...

David Hume is an exception ... Meanwhile in Edinburgh, Hume stopped publishing works of philosophy or at best postponed their publication till after his death. Instead he spent much time writing ...