David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40) is one of the most important works of modern philosophy and the fullest statement of his empiricism. Across its books on the understanding, the passions, and morals, Hume develops his sceptical account of causation, the self, and induction, and argues that morality rests on sentiment rather than reason.
This free EPUB edition has been carefully cleaned and formatted for modern e-readers. Though it “fell dead-born from the press” in Hume’s own day, the Treatise is now recognised as a masterpiece that decisively shaped epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind.