The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought by Dennis C. Rasmussen, Dennis C. Rasmussen
The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought

Dennis C. Rasmussen, Dennis C. Rasmussen

The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought

Dennis C. Rasmussen, Dennis C. Rasmussen

336 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative slow-paced

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The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships--and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel...

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