"And indeed were they content with lamenting that ignorance, which we still lie under in the most important questions that can come before the tribunal of human reason, there are few, who have an acquaintance with the sciences, that would not readily agree with them."
A Treatise of Human Nature
Published anonymously with vols. I and II appearing in January in 1739 and vol. III appearing in November of 1740. Only 1 entry in the ESTC (1740).<br>
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David Hume, <u>A Treatise of Human Nature. Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects.</u> 3 vols. (London: Printed for John Noon, 1739; Thomas Longman, 1740). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T4002">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW118260024&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004806339.0001.001">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/342">Link to OLL</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading David Hume, <u>A Treatise of Human Nature</u>, eds. D. F. and M. J. Norton (Oxford: OUP, 2000). Searching in Past Masters and OLL editions.