TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baggini,Julian
TI  - The great guide: what David Hume can teach us about being human and living well 
SN  - 9780691211206
AV  - B1498 .B34 2021
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Hume, David,
KW  - Philosophers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Biography
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Philosophes
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - fast
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-309) and index; Introduction. Scotland's hidden gem --; The foundations of a thinker --; Natural wisdom --; The meaning of success --; Retaining our humanity --; Learning the hard way --; Facing the end --; Appendix. Humean maxims and aphorisms
N2  - Provides an account of how Hume's thought should serve as the basis for a complete approach to life. Baggini interweaves biography with intellectual history and philosophy to give us a complete vision of Hume's guide to life. He follows Hume on his life's journey, literally walking in the great philosopher's footsteps as Baggini takes readers to the places that inspired Hume the most, from his family estate near the Scottish border to Paris, where, as an older man, he was warmly embraced by French society. Baggini shows how Hume put his philosophy into practice in a life that blended reason and passion, study and leisure, and relaxation and enjoyment. This book includes 145 Humean maxims for living well, on topics ranging from the meaning of success and the value of travel to friendship, facing death, identity, and the importance of leisure. --From publisher description
ER  -