Born
1711
Died
1776
Nationality
Scottish
Events involving David Hume (3)
1739
ID: 510
David Hume's 'Treatise of Human Nature' destroys rational foundation: 'Reason is slave of passions'
ID: 510
1748
ID: 531
Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding' - miracles impossible, 'commit it to the flames'
ID: 531
1762
ID: 565
Rousseau's paranoid flight across Europe begins - arrest warrant, develops persecution mania
ID: 565