1 Childhood and Youth

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. NOTE ON REFERENCES vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 Childhood and Youth 6
6. 2 “At a Distance from Relations” 15
7. 3 Hume after the Treatise 55
8. 4 Hume as Librarian and Historian 84
9. 5 Hume’s Life as a Man in the Public Eye 102
10. 6 Hume’s Final Years in Edinburgh 116
11. 7 Death and Character 124
12. Afterword 134
13. Annotated Bibliography, Further Reading, Acknowledgments, Name Index, Subject Index
14. Annotated Bibliography 147
15. Further Reading 151
16. Acknowledgments 155
17. Name Index 157
18. Subject Index 161