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The text presents Hume’s mature philosophical views on knowledge, skepticism about induction and causation, a compatibilist account of free will, rejection of religious miracles, and advocacy of mitigated skepticism. It also situates the Enquiry as the definitive revision of ideas developed in the Treatise, highlighting Hume’s influence across political theory, aesthetics, economics, ethics, philosophy of religion, and history.","oxford world ’s classics  \nAN ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING  \nDavid Hume (1711–76) was born and educated in Edinburgh. In 1739–40 he published A Treatise of Human Nature, a great work but poorly received, and Hume came to regret the style and haste in which he had written it. Far more successful were his Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary, published from 1741, which proved highly influential in political theory, aesthetics, and especially economics.  \nIn 1748 Hume revised the abstruse epistemology of the Treatise in essay form, as the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, the definitive statement of his mature theoretical philosophy. Combining elegance with devastating insight, it presents the views for which he is now most famous, including his scepticism about induction and causation, his compatibilist account of free will, his rejection of religious miracles, and his advocacy of ‘mitigated scepticism’.  \nIn the course of a colourful life which included episodes in the military, diplomatic, and civil services, Hume went on to write major works in ethics, philosophy of religion, and history. But the arguments expressed in the Enquiry are those on which his revolutionary importance, as one of the greatest philosophers of all time, mainly rests. This is the first modern edition to reproduce faithfully the text of the Enquiry in its final form.  \nPeter Millican , Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford, studied at Oxford University and has also taught at Glasgow and Leeds. His philosophical interests and publications cover a wide range but with a particular focus on Hume and related topics, especially the Enquiry, on which he also edited the collection Reading Hume on Human Understanding (OUP, 2002) . He runs the [website](website davidhume.org)[ davidhume](website davidhume.org)[.](website davidhume.org)[org](website davidhume.org), and is co-editor of the journal Hume Studies.  \noxford world ’s classics  \nFor over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics have brought readers closer to the world’s great literature. Now with over 700 titles—from the 4,000-year-old myths of Mesopotamia to the twentieth century’s greatest novels—the series makes available lesser-known as well as celebrated writing.  \nThe pocket-sized hardbacks of the early years contained introductions by Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, and other literary figures which enriched the experience of reading. Today the series is recognized for its fine scholarship and reliability in texts that span world literature, drama and poetry, religion, philosophy and politics. Each edition includes perceptive commentary and essential background information to meet the changing needs of readers.  \nOXFORD WORLD’S CLASSICS  \nDAVID HUME  \nAn Enquiry concerning Human Understanding  \nEdited with an Introduction and Notes by  \nPETER MILLICAN  \n1  \n3  \nGreat Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. 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