Essays, Moral and Political

E16748
book essay collection philosophical work

Essays, Moral and Political is an early collection of philosophical writings by David Hume that explores topics in ethics, politics, and human nature, helping to establish his reputation as a leading Enlightenment thinker.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
David Hume's political essays 2
Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author David Hume ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
firstPublisher Edinburgh ⓘ
hasInfluenced later essays in moral philosophy ⓘ
later works in political theory ⓘ
hasPart Of Civil Liberty ⓘ
Of Eloquence ⓘ
Of Impudence and Modesty ⓘ
Of Parties in General ⓘ
Of Superstition and Enthusiasm ⓘ
Of the Delicacy of Taste and Passion ⓘ
Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature ⓘ
Of the First Principles of Government ⓘ
Of the Independency of Parliament ⓘ
Of the Liberty of the Press ⓘ
Of the Parties of Great Britain ⓘ
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences ⓘ
surface form: Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences

Of the Standard of Taste ⓘ
That Politics may be reduced to a Science ⓘ
Whether the British Government inclines more to Absolute Monarchy or to a Republic ⓘ
influenced David Hume's reputation as a leading philosopher ⓘ
Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ
Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryGenre moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
mainSubject aesthetics ⓘ
economics ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
moral theory ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
politics ⓘ
movement Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
notableFor analysis of party politics in Great Britain ⓘ
contribution to the theory of taste and aesthetics ⓘ
discussion of superstition and enthusiasm in religion ⓘ
early systematic treatment of politics as a science ⓘ
partOf David Hume's early philosophical corpus ⓘ
philosophicalTheme role of sentiment in moral judgment ⓘ
skepticism about rational foundations of morality ⓘ
philosophicalTradition empiricism ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
relatedWork A Treatise of Human Nature ⓘ
Essays, Moral and Political self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: David Hume's political essays
David Home → notableWork → Essays, Moral and Political ⓘ
David Hume → notableWork → Essays, Moral and Political ⓘ
Of the Liberty of the Press → partOf → Essays, Moral and Political ⓘ
this entity surface form: David Hume's political essays
Essays, Moral and Political → relatedWork → Essays, Moral and Political self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary
Of the Liberty of the Press → relatedWork → Essays, Moral and Political ⓘ
this entity surface form: Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary