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Hume, David (philosopher)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1711 - 1776

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Four letters of David Hume to Horace Walpole on Hume's quarrel with Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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Identifier: Acc.14592
Scope and Contents Letter, c. 26 July 1766, of Hume to Walpole noting that his friends in Paris believe he ought to publish his response to Rousseau.Letter, 30 October 1766, of Hume to Walpole relating that D'Alembert and others in Paris have resolved to publish an account of his rupture with Rousseau.Letter, 4 November 1766, of Hume to Walpole on the publication of the account and Hume's objection to D'Alembert's description of the King of Prussia letter as cruel.Letter, 20...
Dates: 1766.

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