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I711.He was raised as aScottish Calvinist and attended the University of Edinburghbetween the ages of I3 and 14.A Treatise of Human Nature,his firstmajor work and the basis upon which his modern reputation rests,was completed when he was 26 years of age.It was largely ignoredby his contemporariesHe then turned to writing essays on awide range of subjects.The first edition of his Essays Moral andPolitical,published in I74I-2,was better received,and the essayswere republished and expanded throughout his life.In I745 Humewas unsuccessful in his attempt to gain an academic appointment,standing for the Chair of Ethics and Pneumatic Philosophy'at theUniversity of Edinburgh.The Treatise was recast as the Enquiriesconcerning Human Understanding and concerning the Principles ofMorals(I748 and I752),but again Hume was disappointed withtheir reception.His contemporary fame grew with the publicationof his History ofGreat Britain(1754-62),until he was regarded as aman of letters equal in stature to Voltaire and Rousseau.In I762Boswell described him as 'the greatest Writer in Brittain'.Humereturned to Edinburgh in 1769 and died seven years later.  \nSTEPHEN COPLEY is a lecturer in English in the School of EnglishStudies,Journalism and Philosophy,University of Wales,Cardiff.  \nANDREW EDGAR is a lecturer in Philosophy in the School ofEnglish Studies,Journalism and Philosophy,University of Wales,Cardiff.  \nOXFORD WORLD's CLASSICS  \nFor almost 1oo years Oxford World's Classics have broughtreaders closer to the morld's great literature.Nom mith over 700titles—from the 4,000-year-old myths of Mesopotamia to thetwentieth century's greatest novels—the series makes availablelesser-known as well as celebrated writing.  \nThe pocket-sized hardbacks of the earlyyears containedintroductions by Virginia Woolf,T.S.Eliot,Graham Greene,and other literaryfigures which enriched the experience ofreading.Today the series is recognized for its fine scholarshipandreliability in texts that span world literature,drama und poetry,religion,philosophy and politics.Each edition includes perceptivecommentary and essential background information to meet thechanging needs ofreaders.  \nDAVID HUME  \nSelected Essays  \n          \nEdited pith an Introduction and Notes bySTEPHEN COPLEY  \nand  \nANDREW EDGAR  \nOXFORD  \nUNIVERSITY PRESS  \nGrear Clarendon Streer,Oxford ox26DP  \nOxford University Pres is a department o the Lniversity of Oxford.It furthers the University's objective of excelence in research,scholarship,and education by publishing worldwide in  \nOxford New York  \nAthens Auckland Bangkok Bogoti Buenos Aires CalcuttaCape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong IstanbulKarachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico Ciry MumbaiNairobi Paris Sao Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw  \nwith associated companies in Berlin Ibadan  \nOxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Pressin the UK and in certain other countries  \nPublished in the United 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