Death and character : further reflections on Hume / Annette C. Baier.

Author/creator Baier, Annette
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxi, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2008005757
ISBN9780674030909 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674030907 (alk. paper)