Hume’s Manuscript Account of the Extraordinary Affair Between Him and Rousseau
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David Hume (1711–1776) was a Scottish political theorist, moral philosopher, historian, and essayist. Adam Smith wrote of him as a “never to…
Daniel Klein is professor of economics and JIN Chair at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and chief editor of Econ Journal Wat…
Jason Briggeman is an adjunct associate professor of economics at Austin Community College and an associate editor for Liberal Currents. Hi…
Jacob Hall is an economics Ph.D. student at George Mason University. He is a Ph.D. fellow at the Mercatus Center and a fellow of the Adam Sm…
Abstract
Published here is David Hume’s original manuscript account of his tangle with Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Hume was quite dissatisfied with the rushed version of the account, published in London in 1766, which, apart from the letters therein, was in the main a retranslation of a French translation of Hume’s manuscript. Hume “expresses himself bluntly and forcibly,” as one scholar said about this never-before-published manuscript. Also provided is a link to a PDF scan of the original manuscript itself, kindly provided by the National Library of Scotland.
David Hume (1711–1776) was a Scottish political theorist, moral philosopher, historian, and essayist. Adam Smith wrote of him as a “never to…
Daniel Klein is professor of economics and JIN Chair at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and chief editor of Econ Journal Wat…
Jason Briggeman is an adjunct associate professor of economics at Austin Community College and an associate editor for Liberal Currents. Hi…
Jacob Hall is an economics Ph.D. student at George Mason University. He is a Ph.D. fellow at the Mercatus Center and a fellow of the Adam Sm…