david hume

Four Dissertations

First published 1757
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contents

i
The Natural History of Religion
As every enquiry, which regards religion, is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular, which challenge our…
ii
Of the Passions
Some objects produce immediately an agreeable sensation, by the original structure of our organs, and are thence denominated Good; as…
iii
Of Tragedy
It seems an unaccountable pleasure, which the spectators of a well-wrote tragedy receive from sorrow, terror, anxiety, and other passions,…
iv
Of the Standard of Taste
The great variety of Taste, as well as of opinion, which prevails in the world, is too obvious not to have fallen under every one’s…