... Human Nature. The first two volumes of The Treatise were published anonymously in 1739. Hume's Treatise presented radical philosophical ideas and defined Hume as one of the first skeptics. Hume discounted human reason, downplaying it to a habitual association of specific experiences or sensations. He believed that reason could not explain causation and that all human beings know is what they are ... ...

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... only way to believe in God. As a result from his scientific background, Hume knew more than just faith was needed but did not turn to reason to find it. He discounted reason and emphasized the need for evidence to make any accurate conclusions on truths. He also credited Philo's principles as the most like his own but also added in many ... ...

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