Early Modern Philosophy
Francis Bacon and David Hume on knowledge, experience and human nature.
works in this collection
Advancement of Learning, The, by Francis Bacon (1605), the original title being ‘Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human.’ This book, received with great favor by the court and by scholars, was…
Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed (1597) was the first published book by the philosopher, statesman and jurist Francis Bacon.
A Treatise of Human Nature (1738–40) is a book by Scottish philosopher David Hume, considered by many to be Hume's most important work and one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.
1741 Essays, Moral and Political, the first collection, containing 15 essays. 1742 Essays, Moral and Political second edition, corrected of first collection.
Four Dissertations is a collection of four essays by the Scottish enlightenment philosopher David Hume, first published in 1757.