David Hume

• Oct-2014
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When the mutilated body of a Border Patrol agent is discovered in Mexico, a secret US operation aimed at stopping human traffickers is unmasked and the subsequent investigation reveals one terrible fact; this murder wasn't an isolated act of violence...

• Apr-2014
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The events of September 11, 2001, revealed something more than evil. The Federal government's analysis of the attacks provided a long list of intelligence failures, bungled communication and interagency squabbling that opened the door to bin Laden's ...

• Dec-2013
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Forty years after President Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," the worldwide demand for illicit drugs has not lessened, the profits of the international drug cartels have increased and the resulting corruption has created Narco-governments in many coun...

• May-2013
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David Hume, the 18th century philosopher, economist, and historian, uses a lively Socratic discussion by three characters to explore the nature of religion and God, particularly whether and how one can know that God exists. Having been accused of her...

• May-2013
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The material facts in Hume's life are to be found in the autobiography which he prefixed to his History of England. My Own Life, as he calls it, is but a brief exposition, but it is sufficient for its purpose, and the longer biographies of him do lit...

• Oct-2012
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Shortly before his death, David Hume declared his Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (1751) to be the best of his many writings. In this highly influential work, Hume sets out his theory of justice and benevolence and the other virtues, and ...

• Feb-2011
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This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic work...

• Jan-2010
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Four Dissertations is a collection of four essays by the Scottish enlightenment philosopher David Hume, first published in 1757. The four essays are: The Natural History of Religion Of the Passions Of Tragedy Of the Standard of Taste -- Excer...

• Aug-2005
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One of the most important thinkers ever to write in English, the Empiricist David Hume liberated philosophy from the superstitious constraints of religion; here, he argues that all are free to choose between life and death, considers the nature of pe...

• Sep-1984
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

One of the most significant works of Western philosophy, Hume's Treatise was published in 1739-40, before he was thirty years old. A pinnacle of English empiricism, it is a comprehensive attempt to apply scientific methods of observation to a study o...