David Hume (1711-76),Scottish philosopher and historian. Hume was born and educated at Edinburgh. He rejected the idea of causality,claiming that one event would not necessarily lead to another; events were linked only by the imagination of the observer rather than by reason. In effect,Hume was rejecting scientific laws which state that one action necessarily produces another in a completely predictable manner. As a historian,Hume broke with tradition by explaining the intellectual and economic reasons behind events rather than just describing the events in a strictly chronological order. This portrait was published in the 1789 edition of Hume's 'History of England | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Middle Temple Library |
Bildgröße: | 3462 px × 5552 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |