About this book
Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Thomas Henry Huxley invites listeners to rediscover David Hume through the incisive, scientific mind of one of Victorian Britain's leading thinkers. Huxley’s portrait blends biography and philosophical analysis, tracing Hume’s life from his Scottish upbringing and literary and political writings to his later years and the composition of the History of England.
Part biography, part philosophy, the book unpacks Hume’s empiricism and skepticism—how impressions and ideas shape belief, the problem of causation, the limits of necessary truths, and contentious topics like miracles, theism, personal identity, volition, and moral principles. Huxley situates Hume in the 18th-century Enlightenment, clarifying both the historical context and the enduring influence of Hume’s thought on modern science and theology.
Engaging and accessible, this audiobook is ideal for students of philosophy, readers of intellectual biography, and anyone curious about the origins of empirical thought and skepticism. Listen to gain a clear, historically grounded guide to Hume’s arguments and the life that shaped them.
