A Treatise of Human Nature

By Hume, David

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Title:	A Treatise of Human Nature
Author:	Hume, David
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
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Excerpt
My design in the present work is sufficiently explained in the Introduction. The reader must only observe, that all the subjects I have there planned out to myself, are not treated of in these two volumes. The subjects of the Understanding and Passions make a compleat chain of reasoning by themselves; and I was willing to take advantage of this natural division, in order to try the taste of the public. If I have the good fortune to meet with success, I shall proceed to the examination of Morals, Politics, and Criticism; which will compleat this Treatise of Human Nature. The approbation of the public I consider as the greatest reward of my labours; but am determined to regard its judgment, whatever it be, as my best instruction.

Table of Contents
· VOL. I OF THE UNDERSTANDING. · ADVERTISEMENT. · INTRODUCTION. · BOOK I. OF THE UNDERSTANDING · PART I. OF IDEAS, THEIR ORIGIN, COMPOSITION, CONNEXION, ABSTRACTION, ETC. · SECT. I. OF THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS. · SECT. II. DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT. · SECT. III. OF THE IDEAS OF THE MEMORY AND IMAGINATION. · SECT. IV. OF THE CONNEXION OR ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS. · SECT. V. OF RELATIONS. · SECT. VI. OF MODES AND SUBSTANCES · SECT. VII. OF ABSTRACT IDEAS. · PART II. OF THE IDEAS OF SPACE AND TIME. · SECT. I. OF THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF OUR IDEAS OF SPACE AND TIME. · SECT. II. OF THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF SPACE AND TIME. · SECT. III. OF THE OTHER QUALITIES OF OUR IDEA OF SPACE AND TIME. · SECT. IV. OBJECTIONS ANSWERED. · SECT. V. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. · SECT. VI. OF THE IDEA OF EXISTENCE, AND OF EXTERNAL EXISTENCE. · PART III. OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROBABILITY. · SECT. I. OF KNOWLEDGE. · SECT. II. OF PROBABILITY, AND OF THE IDEA OF CAUSE AND EFFECT. · SECT. III. WHY A CAUSE IS ALWAYS NECESSARY.