Amyas Merivale (UK University of Oxford)

Hume on Art, Emotion, and Superstition

A Critical Study of the Four Dissertations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers the first comprehensive critical study of David Humeâ s Four Dissertations of 1757. This book is an important contribution to the scholarly literature on Humeâ s work on the passions, art, and superstitious belief.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 228mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780367664565
• ISBN-10: 0367664569
• Artikelnr.: 60010256

Autorenporträt

Amyas Merivale works at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK. He is the co-editor of Hume's Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals, with Writings on Aesthetics and the Passions, and the developer of davidhume.org. His published work has appeared in the British Journal of Aesthetics and Hume Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I
1. My Design in the Present Work
2. Some Late Philosophers in England
3. Founded on Pain and Pleasure
4. A Considerable Adjustment
Part II
5. The Religious Passion
6. The First Religious Principles
7. The Object of the Passions
8. The Combat of Passion and Reason
9. The Causes of the Violent Passions
10. The Predominant Passion
11. The Sentiments of Beauty
12. The Laws of Criticism
Conclusion
Appendix 1. The Meaning of All the Terms
Appendix 2. Comparison of Ideas