Death and character : further reflections on Hume / Annette C. Baier.
| Author/creator | Baier, Annette |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2008. |
| Description | xi, 288 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Acting in character -- Impersonation, the very idea -- Hume's excellent hypocrites -- Hume's treatment of Oliver Cromwell -- Hume and the conformity of Bishop Tunstal -- Hume's deathbed reading: a tale of three letters -- Hume's impressions and his other metaphors -- The life and mortality of the mind -- Hume's labyrinth -- A voice, as from the next room -- The energy in the cause -- Hume's post-impressionism -- Why Hume asked us not to read the Treatise -- Conclusion: Hume's curriculum vitae: his "own life," written by himself. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2008005757 |
| ISBN | 9780674030909 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674030907 (alk. paper) |