An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: with Hume's Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature and A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh (Hackett Classics)

Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a landmark of Enlightenment thought that explores the limits of human knowledge, the nature of belief, and the foundations of morality.

In this comprehensive edition, Eric Steinberg provides an excellent introduction that explores the conditions leading to Hume's writing and the work's important relationship to Book I of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature.

The text is accompanied by two shorter works that shed light on Hume's ideas: A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh, and his Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature.

With meticulously collated texts from various existing versions, these new editions are ideal for readers of all levels, providing an elucidation of even the most difficult chapters on space and time.