Hume in a sentence

David Hume David Hume The writings of David Hume are sometimes credited with causing or contributing to the decline of deism.

At this time, Hume had a favorable opinion of Rousseau; in a letter to Mme. de Brabantane, Hume wrote that after observing Rousseau carefully he had concluded that he had never met a more affable and virtuous person.

Davey was assisted by A. O. Hume and he thanks Hume, his companion on excursions in Cornwall and Devon, and for help in the compilation of that Flora, publication of which was financed by him.

David Hume (18th century) In contrast to the figures discussed in this section thus far David Hume lived a relatively quiet life that had settled down to a relatively stable social and political structure.

David Hume — comma On the other hand, Hume's sceptic, Philo, is not satisfied with the argument from design.

He had a great admiration for Hume and had a mutual friend send Hume an early manuscript of Reid's Inquiry.

He suggests that perhaps Hume's position is best characterised by the term "irreligion",sfn while philosopher David O'Connor argues that Hume's final position was "weakly deistic ".

Hume's arguments were only accepted gradually by the reading public, and his philosophical works sold poorly until agnostics like Thomas Huxley championed Hume's philosophy in the late 19th century.

In 1722, having provided a substitute for his class at Aberdeen, he traveled on the Continent as tutor to George Hume, the son of Alexander Hume, 2nd Earl of Marchmont.

Later years David Hume's mausoleum by Robert Adam From 1763 to 1765, Hume was invited to attend Lord Hertford in Paris, where he became secretary to the British embassy.

The Philosophical Society of Australasia later offered to reimburse Hume for any costs incurred in recovering a specimen of the unknown animal, but for various reasons, Hume did not return to the lake.

They named the river the Hume River, after Hume's father, and the next day inscribed a tree by the river bank before continuing their journey south to Westernport in Victoria.

A big win for Sunderland as they come from behind to beat Birmingham, thanks to goals from Hume in first half injury time and then Amad with 15 minutes to go.

A disused and overgrown cemetery, which is hidden in plain sight between the north and south bound lanes of the Hume Highway north of Holbrook, will have its history remembered early this year.

A Queensland Police spokesperson confirmed authorities were called to reports of an attempted burglary at the Hume Street business at around 12.30am on February 4, although no entry was gained to the property by the offenders.

Asked by Fox News host for his thoughts on Biden’s the case for more financial aid to be sent to Israel and Ukraine — Hume said, “I think it may be remembered as one of the best, if not the best, speeches of his presidency.

At the time, the British Government were in secret peace talks with Irish republicans, while John Hume was in discussions with Gerry Adams.

Cardinal Hume Catholic School is heading up the new initiative, which aims to provide disadvantaged pupils with increased language learning opportunities.

Casey MP Aaron Violi was joined by Liberal Senator and Shadow Minister for Finance Jane Hume in the Casey electorate to gauge how the cost of living is affecting the community on Thursday 13 July.

Emergency services were called to the Hume Highway between Little Billabong and Kyeamba Gap about 10.10am following reports a vehicle had caught on fire.