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- Hume and the Politics of Enlightenment
- Winner of the Delba Winthrop Prize for Best Recent Work in Political Philosophy
- Hume and the Politics of Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 Hume’s Socratism
- 2 Calling Philosophy Down from the Heavens
- 3 Turning to the Human Things
- 4 Investigating Morality and Politics
- 5 Hume’s Cultural Revolution: TheEssays, Part 1
- 6 The Education of Honest Gentlemen: TheEssays, Part 2
- Epilogue
- Index
2 - Calling Philosophy Down from the Heavens
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2015
- Hume and the Politics of Enlightenment
- Winner of the Delba Winthrop Prize for Best Recent Work in Political Philosophy
- Hume and the Politics of Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 Hume’s Socratism
- 2 Calling Philosophy Down from the Heavens
- 3 Turning to the Human Things
- 4 Investigating Morality and Politics
- 5 Hume’s Cultural Revolution: TheEssays, Part 1
- 6 The Education of Honest Gentlemen: TheEssays, Part 2
- Epilogue
- Index
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- Hume and the Politics of Enlightenment , pp. 34 - 61Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015