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by David Hume
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Availability:In StockContributor:David HumePublish date:2020-06-29Pages:18
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cosimo ClassicsISBN-13:9781646790371ISBN-10:1646790375UPC:9781646790371Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Free Will & Determinism, EssaysSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.04 inchesWeight:0.0705Product ID:SC59ZCWSVA

"No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping." --David Hume

The essay, Of Suicide, was originally planned for publication in a 1755 collection called Five Dissertations. However, philosopher David Hume decided to withdraw this and another essay (Of the Immortality of the Soul). Both these essays were published anonymously and posthumously in 1777. The current edition follows the 1755 version.

In this essay, Hume examines suicide by stating that the gods granted the powers to humans to live and therefore end their own lives. In addition, he argues that committing suicide does not harm society. As often, Hume sides with the individual's autonomy to live one's life.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Cosimo ClassicsISBN-13:9781646790371ISBN-10:1646790375UPC:9781646790371Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Free Will & Determinism, EssaysSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.04 inchesWeight:0.0705Product ID:SC59ZCWSVA
Hume, David: - DAVID HUME (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher and historian. Educated at Edinburgh, he lived in France from 1734 to 1737, where he finished his first philosophical work, A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40). His additional philosophical works include An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748), Political Discourses (1752), The Natural History of Religion (1755), and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779).
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