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7. David Hume: Skepticism in Politics?
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 3
- 1. Neither Philosophy nor Politics? The Ancient Pyrrhonian Approach to Everday Life 17
- 2. La Mothe Le Vayer and Political Skepticism 36
- 3. Hobbes and the French Skeptics 55
- 4. Questionnnements sceptiques et politiques de la fable: les « autres mondes » du libertinage érudit 83
- 5. Obeying the Laws and Customs of the Country: Living in Disorder and Barbarity. The Powerlessness of Political Skepticism According to the Discours sceptiques (1657) of Samuel Sorbière 113
- 6. Bernard Mandeville’s Skeptical Political Philosophy 130
- 7. David Hume: Skepticism in Politics? 149
- 8. Denis Diderot and the Politics of Materialist Skepticism 177
- 9. Rousseau: Philosophical and Religious Skepticism and Political Dogmatism 203
- 10. Skepticism and Political Economy: Smith, Hume, and Rousseau 227
- 11. Can a Skeptic Be a Reformer? Skepticism in Morals and Politics during the Enlightenment: The Case of Voltaire 240
- 12. From General Skepticism to Complete Dogmatism: Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville 256
- 13. Carl Friedrich Stäudlin’s Diagnosis of the Political Effects of Skepticism in Late Eighteenth-Century Germany 274
- Contributors 287
- Index 289
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 3
- 1. Neither Philosophy nor Politics? The Ancient Pyrrhonian Approach to Everday Life 17
- 2. La Mothe Le Vayer and Political Skepticism 36
- 3. Hobbes and the French Skeptics 55
- 4. Questionnnements sceptiques et politiques de la fable: les « autres mondes » du libertinage érudit 83
- 5. Obeying the Laws and Customs of the Country: Living in Disorder and Barbarity. The Powerlessness of Political Skepticism According to the Discours sceptiques (1657) of Samuel Sorbière 113
- 6. Bernard Mandeville’s Skeptical Political Philosophy 130
- 7. David Hume: Skepticism in Politics? 149
- 8. Denis Diderot and the Politics of Materialist Skepticism 177
- 9. Rousseau: Philosophical and Religious Skepticism and Political Dogmatism 203
- 10. Skepticism and Political Economy: Smith, Hume, and Rousseau 227
- 11. Can a Skeptic Be a Reformer? Skepticism in Morals and Politics during the Enlightenment: The Case of Voltaire 240
- 12. From General Skepticism to Complete Dogmatism: Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville 256
- 13. Carl Friedrich Stäudlin’s Diagnosis of the Political Effects of Skepticism in Late Eighteenth-Century Germany 274
- Contributors 287
- Index 289