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David Hume was born in Edinburgh in 1711, and died in the same city, 1776. His chief work, the Treatise on Human Nature, which, however, found few readers, was composed during his first residence in France in 1734-37.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher, directed against Shaftesbury, and in 1734-37 The Querist. His last publications were Siris, a treatise on the medicinal virtues of tar-water, and Further Thoughts on Tar-water. He d. at Oxford in 1753. His affectionate disposition and genial manners made him much beloved. As a thinker his is the greatest name in English philosophy between Locke and Hume.
In character H. was kindly, candid, and good-humoured, and he was beloved as a man even by many who held his views in what was little short of abhorrence. SUMMARY. B. 1711, ed. at Edin., tries law and commerce, but decides for literature, goes to France 1734-37, pub.
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