Four Dissertations is a collection of four essays by the Scottish enlightenment philosopher David Hume. The four essays are entitled:
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David Hume (7 May 1711 [26 April O.S.] – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, historian and a key figure in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment. Hume is often grouped with John Locke, George Berkeley, and a handful of others as a British Empiricist....
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