David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-Revolution

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Prophet i-xxii.indd 1 3/2/12 10:27 PM DAVID HUME Prophet i-xxii.indd 3 3/2/12 10:27 PM DAVID HUME PROPHET OF THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION LAURENCE L. BoNGIE With a Foreword by Donald W Livingston SECOND EDITION LIBERTY FUND INDIANAPOLIS Prophet i-xxii.indd 4 3/2/12 10:27 PM This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society offree and responsible individuals. The cuneilcmn inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (mnagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.© 2000 by Liberty Fund, Inc. Frontispiece © 1998 by Evangelos Photography Ltd, M. Espinosa. All rights reserved First published in 1965 by Oxford University Press Printed in the United States of America 2 4 6 8 10 C II 9 7 5 3 3 5 7 9 p 10 8 6 4 2 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN- PUBLICATION DATA Bongie, Laurence L. David Hume: prophet of the counter-revolution/ Laurence L. Bongie; with a foreword by Donald W. Livingston. p. ern. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN o-86597-208-7 (hardcover: alk. paper).-ISBN o-86597-209-5 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Hume, David, 171 1- 1776. History of England. 2. Great BritainHistory - Puritan Revolution, 1642-166o-Historiography. 3· Great BritainHistory -Early Stuarts, 160c)- 1tl49- Historiography. 4· Ft·ance- HistoryRevolution , 1789-1799. 5· Conservatism-History-18th century. 6. Counter-revolutionaries. I. Title. DA3o.Hq~)B66 2ooo 942-dc21 Liberty Fund, Inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250- 1684 ...