![]() ![]() From 1767 to 1768 he served as undersecretary of state for the northern department. These appointments included some travel to the Continent. From that point on, he was to undertake short-term positions of employment with powerful and influential people in the English government. During this time, his bid for appointment as professor of ethics in Edinburgh proved unsuccessful because of his views on religion. Three years later, this change of scene culminated in his book titled A Treatise of Human Nature.Īfter returning to England in 1737, the remainder of Hume's life was spent writing on psychology, morality, and politics. ![]() In 1734, he made an intellectual pilgrimage to La Fleche, France, the town where Descartes had been educated. Being a lifelong skeptic, Hume was taken with the French philosophers whose work was exemplary of the movement. He entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of twelve but left a few years later without having been conferred a degree. DAVID HUME was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 26, 1711. ![]()
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