Hume, David

1. An eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher known for his skepticism. Hume maintained that all knowledge was based on either the impressions of the senses or the logical relations of ideas.

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Hume, David, 1, 187, 2, 18, 123, 165.

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You must have heard of the death of Joseph Hume, David's only son.

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Hume, David, compared with Gibbon, 145, 146; his birth and early years, 146-148; his Political Discourses, 148; his History of England, 146, 149, 150, 156, 157; and Madame de Boufflers, 150; in Paris, 151-154; ambassador to the Court of France, 152; did not love England, 152, 153; his home in Edinboro', 154, 155; his death, 155, 156, 179; his words concerning James Macpherson, 226.

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Hume, David, quoted on criticism, 37.

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Hume, David, 3, 429, 553, 786, 829-30.

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