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Re:Did David Hume retract 2 essays on immorality to avoid re... by Eupraxias on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:12AM (#34654184)
Interesting article that leaves me wanting to read the two missing essays.

My head tilted at the statement, "His writings... were considered masterpieces when they appeared in the 18th century."

Hume remembers it differently, commenting on the arrival of his famous Treatise, which in his own words "fell dead-born from the press".

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Re:Did David Hume retract 2 essays on immorality to avoid re... by cafard on Saturday February 04, 2023 @10:09AM (#34655021)
Well, some of his writings.
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Re:Did David Hume retract 2 essays on immorality to avoid re... by parenthesis on Saturday February 04, 2023 @01:35PM (#34656803)
His The History of England was his big hit in his lifetime.
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Re:Did David Hume retract 2 essays on immorality to avoid re... by Nomentatus on Saturday February 04, 2023 @02:31PM (#34657346)
Both views are true, his first philosophical book got no traction. Then his Histories made him very famous, and a rewrite of his philosophical views was much better received.
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