xolotlll 's review for:

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

4.0

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Sensible and lucid. Hume explains things simply and clearly and never takes longer than necessary to do so. The emphasis on experience and probability rather than certainty in matters of fact makes a lot of sense to my more modern ears. The way he extends these same principles to human behaviour could be interpreted as a kind of precursor to psychology and anthropology. Also, his skepticism of religious miracles is so wonderfully down-to-earth and shows a great awareness of human nature.