A Treatise of Human Nature

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book early modern philosophy text non-fiction book philosophical work

A Treatise of Human Nature is an influential 18th-century philosophical work by David Hume that systematically develops his empiricist account of human psychology, knowledge, and morality.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → early modern philosophy text → non-fiction book → philosophical work →
aim	to apply the experimental method of reasoning to moral subjects →
author	David Hume →
countryOfOrigin	Scotland →
describedByAuthorAs	a work that fell dead-born from the press →
firstVolumePublicationYear	1739 →
followedBy	An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding → An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals →
fullTitle	A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects →
genre	epistemology → ethics → moral philosophy → philosophy → psychology →
hasPart	Book 1: Of the Understanding → Book 2: Of the Passions → Book 3: Of Morals →
hasPhilosophicalStance	radical empiricism →
influenced	Adam Smith → Immanuel Kant → analytic philosophy → logical positivism →
influencedBy	George Berkeley → Isaac Newton → John Locke →
language	English →
mainSubject	causation → emotions → human nature → human psychology → induction → moral sentiments → morality → personal identity → theory of knowledge →
movement	empiricism →
notableIdea	bundle theory of the self → is–ought distinction precursor → skepticism about causation → theory of impressions and ideas →
period	Enlightenment →
philosophicalSchool	British empiricism →
placeOfPublication	London →
publicationEndYear	1740 →
publicationStartYear	1739 →
secondVolumePublicationYear	1739 →
thirdVolumePublicationYear	1740 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Enlightenment → David Home → David Hume →	notableWork
Book 1: Of the Understanding → Book 2: Of the Passions → Book 3: Of Morals →	partOf
Essays, Moral and Political → Section V Sceptical Solution of these Doubts →	relatedWork
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding →	basedOn
Book 1: Of the Understanding ("Volume 1 of A Treatise of Human Nature") →	containedIn
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals →	follows
A Treatise of Human Nature ("A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects") →	fullTitle
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding →	isRevisionOf
Scottish Enlightenment →	notableWorkProduced
Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature →	relatedWorkByAuthor
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion →	relatedWorkOfAuthor