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Manuscripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

"Section 7. Fourth Objection", a fragment of a philosophical manuscript of David Hume.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10805
Scope and Contents

Part of a previously unknown early work analysing the problem of evil, possibly a portion of a sequel to the "Treatise of Human Nature", and also anticipating arguments advanced in the "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion".

Dates: circa 1739-1740.