A Treatise of Human Nature

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_Enlightenment
gptkbp:author gptkb:David_Hume
gptkbp:contains gptkb:church
theory of causation
theory of self
theory of ideas
gptkbp:first_published Of the Passions
Of Morals
Of the Understanding
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosopher
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label A Treatise of Human Nature
gptkbp:impact influenced existentialism
influenced psychology
influenced Immanuel Kant
gptkbp:influenced empiricism
modern philosophy
gptkbp:is_divided_into three books
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notable_quote “ The mind is a kind of theatre, where several perceptions successively make their appearance.”
“ All the perceptions of the mind resolve themselves into two distinct kinds, which I shall call impressions and ideas.”
“ Custom is the great guide of human life.”
“ There is no such thing as a simple idea.”
“ Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.”
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:Borough
1739
gptkbp:subject human psychology
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:French
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Native_American_tribe