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David Hume

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Profession
Philosopher
Died
Aug 25, 1776
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Scotland
About
Remembered for his important contributions to Western philosophy, this Scottish Enlightenment figure penned A Treatise of Human Nature (1739); The History of England (1754-1762); Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1741); and many other significant philosophical and historical works.
Family
He and his older brother were born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Joseph Home and Katherine Falconer Home. In 1734, he began spelling his last name, Home, as Hume, to reflect its pronunciation in his native Scotland.

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