David Hume
My Own Life
Description:... David Hume's brief autobiographical memoir, which he called My Own Life, was composed shortly before his death in 1776. It has fascinated readers since its first publication the following year when, with almost as notable a supporting memoir by his friend Adam Smith, it appeared as a slim volume entitled The Life of David Hume, Esq. Written by Himself. One of the shortest but also one of the most celebrated autobiographies ever written. In this book, My Own Life is, for the first time, fully edited from the manuscript and extensively annotated. A complete facsimile of the memoir is included, and two new transcripts are provided: one for the general reader and one for the scholar interested in the evolution of the text. A long introduction summarises and evaluates much historical and recent thinking on the significance of Hume's remarkable autobiography.
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