[2] Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals in "Enquires Concerning Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals," ed.
Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals: Incomparably the Best?: Annette C. Baier (Retired, University of Pittsburgh).Part IV: Religion:.17.17
The Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751) was a rewriting of Book III of the Treatise.
David Hume (1711 1776) is the author of several important works, including A Treatise of Human Nature and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.
Hume, in "An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals" (1751), tries to put a little muscle into Hutcheson's pleasant ideas.
David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) has long been recognized as one of the best 'classics' for introducing students to the subject; these essays, most of them specially written for this volume, show how much more than this it is.
Brief description: A study of the metaphysics and epistemology of Berkeley, Hume, and Reid, focussing on Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge, Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, and Reid's Inquiry into the Human Mind.
We shall examine the relation between the early and the mature version of his views, studying closely A Treatise of Human Nature, book I (1739), An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) and the transitional texts.
The Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals is a refinement of Hume's thinking on morality, in which he views sympathy as the fact of human nature lying at the basis of all social life and personal happiness.
He introduced cast-iron shafts and gearing into windmills and water mills, receiving the Royal Society's Copley Medal for An Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to Turn Mills (1759).
