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Hume and Ancient Philosophy.

This paper examines Hume’s comments on and claims about ancient philosophy. A clear and consistent picture emerges from doing so. While Hume is a lover of ancient literature, he holds ancient philosophy in very low regard, as passage after passage discloses, with one qualification and one important...

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Published in:British Journal for the History of Philosophy Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 741 - 773
Main Author: Loptson, Peter
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2012
Subjects:
Hume, David, 1711-1776
Ancient philosophy
Skepticism
Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
Philosophy & science
Enlightenment
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost