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Book1741

Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary

David Hume

Essays on taste, politics and society arguing that custom and sentiment, not abstract reason, are the actual basis of moral and political judgement — a central document of the Scottish Enlightenment's empiricist turn.

Level: Advanced
Access: Free
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Copy: link checked 17 Sept 2026
Filed under: The Enlightenment

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