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Adam Smith Reading Group, February 24--Hume's Essays

Reading Group

Start Time
11:00am
Friday, 24 Feb 2023
End Time
12:30pm
Friday, 24 Feb 2023
Organizer
Adam Smith Program

We read the following pages from Hume's Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1994): pp. 80-137; 181-252. These pages correspond to the following essays. (Participants should focus on the essays in boldface.)

  • “Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature"
  • “Of Civil Liberty”
  • “Of Eloquence”
  • “Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences”
  • [The four essays "The Epicurean," "The Stoic", "The Platonist," and "The Sceptic" will be treated in an additional optional Zoom meeting.]
  • “Of Polygamy and Divorce”
  • “Of Simplicity and Refinement in Writing”
  • Of National Characters”
  • “Of Tragedy”
  • “Of the Standard of Taste”