The Ironic Hume

by John Valdimir Price and John Vladimir Price

Book Overview

Many of the seemingly bland assertions and bald statements of the eighteenth-century philosopher David Hume contain more than the mind immediately perceives. Author John Valdimir Price contends that an understanding of Hume's writings cannot be separated from an understanding of his life. By examining the works of Hume, Price shows the way in which an ironic way of seeing events and an ironic mode of expression permeated Hume's life and writings.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292741529
• ISBN13: 9780292741522
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"