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Should I read "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" or "A Treatise of Human Nature"? Which one gives the most comprehensive overview of his philosophy if someone only had to read one of his books (and especially if it's for the purpose to get proper background/context before delving into Kant)?

>> No.11427370

>>11427364
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

>> No.11427374

Just read an article on Hume from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy if all you need is background information necessary to understand Kant

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>> No.11427422

>>11427364
If you're interested in Kant's Epistemology (Like Critique of Pure reason/Judgement) read Concerning Human Understanding.

If you are interested in his Ethics/Theology read Human Nature

>> No.11427434

>>11427422

The former. My current plan is to go:

Hume -> Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics -> Critique of Pure Reason

>> No.11427444

>>11427434
good idea. I would suggest not getting discouraged while reading Prolegomena, if this means re-reading the introduction or each section or the entire book. Same with CPR. More so than any book I've seen that huge transformation going from "It MIGHT be possible that people are lying to me and this is bullshit" to "holy shit this makes sense." I've gone through each book twice, and, I'm probably pretty dumb, but I'll probably end up going through them a couple more times for now and then forever.