Hume's Manuscript Account of the Extraordinary Affair Between Him and Rousseau

David Hume

Econ Journal Watch, 2021, vol. 18, issue 2, 278–326

Abstract: Published here is David Hume’s original manuscript account of his tangle with Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Hume was quite dissatisfied with the rushed version of the account, published in London in 1766, which, apart from the letters therein, was in the main a retranslation of a French translation of Hume’s manuscript. Hume “expresses himself bluntly and forcibly,” as one scholar said about this never-before-published manuscript. Also provided is a link to a PDF scan of the original manuscript itself, kindly provided by the National Library of Scotland.

Keywords: David Hume; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; denial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 B0 B1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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