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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsANENQUIRYCONCERNINGHUMANUNDERSTANDINGDavidHume(1711–76)wasbornandeducatedinEdinburgh.In1739–40hepublishedATreatiseofHumanNature,agreatworkbutpoorlyreceived,andHumecametoregretthestyleandhasteinwhichhehadwrittenit.FarmoresuccessfulwerehisEssa
2、ys,Moral,Political,andLiterary,publishedfrom1741,whichprovedhighlyinfluentialinpoliticaltheory,aesthetics,andespeciallyeconomics.In1748HumerevisedtheabstruseepistemologyoftheTreatiseinessayform,astheEnquiryconcerningHumanUnderstanding,thedefinitivestatementofhisma
3、turetheoreticalphilosophy.Combiningelegancewithdevastatinginsight,itpresentstheviewsforwhichheisnowmostfamous,includinghisscepticismaboutinductionandcausation,hiscompatibilistaccountoffreewill,hisrejectionofreli-giousmiracles,andhisadvocacyof‘mitigatedscepticism
4、’.Inthecourseofacolourfullifewhichincludedepisodesinthemilitary,diplomatic,andcivilservices,Humewentontowritemajorworksinethics,philosophyofreligion,andhistory.Buttheargu-mentsexpressedintheEnquiryarethoseonwhichhisrevolutionaryimportance,asoneofthegreatestphilo
5、sophersofalltime,mainlyrests.ThisisthefirstmoderneditiontoreproducefaithfullythetextoftheEnquiryinitsfinalform.PeterMillican,FellowandTutorinPhilosophyatHertfordCollege,Oxford,studiedatOxfordUniversityandhasalsotaughtatGlasgowandLeeds.Hisphilosophicalinterestsan
6、dpublicationscoverawiderangebutwithaparticularfocusonHumeandrelatedtopics,especiallytheEnquiry,onwhichhealsoeditedthecollectionReadingHumeonHumanUnderstanding(OUP,2002).Herunsthewebsitedavidhume.org,andisco-editorofthejournalHumeStudies.oxfordworld’sclassicsForo
7、ver100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithover700titles—fromthe4,000-year-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels—theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhard
8、backsoftheearlyyearscontainedintroductionsbyVirginiaWoolf,T.S.Eliot,GrahamGreene,andotherliteraryfigureswhichenrichedtheexperienceofreading.Todaytheseriesisrecognizedf
