Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences

By Hume, David

Book Id: WPLBN0003467111
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Reproduction Date: 2014

Title:	Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences
Author:	Hume, David
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Sacred Texts, Philosophy, David Hume
Collections:	Sacred Texts
Historic Publication Date:	1742
Publisher:	Internet Sacred Text Archive (ISTA)


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Description
Description: A collection of pieces written and published over many years. Many of the essays are focused on topics in politics and economics, though they also range over questions of aesthetic judgement, love, marriage and polygamy, and the demographics of ancient Greece and Rome, to name just a few of the topics considered. The Essays show some influence from Addison's Tatler and The Spectator, which Hume read avidly in his youth