A Hobbist Tory: Johnson on Hume

Hume Studies 16 (1):75-79 (1990)
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Abstract

My concern in this paper is both modest and limited. It is simply to draw the attention of Hume scholars to a largely neglected but nevertheless very interesting remark which Samuel Johnson passed about the Hobbist nature of Hume's political outlook. Furthermore, as I will show, Johnson's remark may also be interpreted as touching on matters of deeper and wider significance for an understanding of Hume's philosophy.

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Paul Russell
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Philosophy and ideology in Hume's political thought.David Miller - 1981 - New York: Oxford University Press.

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