David Hume : Prophet of the Counter-revolution
Bongie, Laurence L.
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Though usually Edmund Burke is identified as the first to articulate the principles of a modern conservative political tradition, arguably he was preceded by a Scotsman who is better known for espousing a brilliant concept of skepticism. As Laurence Bongie notes, "David Hume was undoubtedly the eighteenth-century British writer whose works were most widely known and acclaimed on the Continent during the later Enlightenment period. Hume's impact [in France] was of undeniable importance, greater even for a time than the related influence of Burke, although it represents a contribution to French counter-revolutionary thought which, unlike that of Burke, has been almost totally ignored by historians to this day." The bulk of Bongie's work consists of the writings of French readers of Hume who were confronted, first, by the ideology of human perfection and, finally, by the actual terrors of the French Revolution.
Main title:
David Hume : Prophet of the Counter-revolution / by Laurence L. Bongie.
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Imprint:
Clarendon Press : Oxford, 1965
Collation:
xvii, 182 pages ; 22 cm
Dewey class:
192.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
3848414