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David Hume

1711 - 1776

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David Hume (; born David Home; 7 May 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism. Beginning with A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40), Hume strove to create a naturalistic science of man that examined the psychological basis of human nature. Hume followed John Locke in rejecting the existence of innate ideas, concluding that all human knowledge derives solely from experience. This places him with Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and George Berkeley as an empiricist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Hume is the 48th most popular philosopher (down from 40th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 37th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Philosopher.

David Hume is most famous for his skepticism and empiricism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, David Hume ranks 48 out of 1,267. Before him are Michel de Montaigne, Sun Tzu, Empedocles, Plutarch, Anaximander, and Protagoras. After him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, Anaxagoras, John Amos Comenius, Swami Vivekananda, Michel Foucault, and Hannah Arendt.

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Among people born in 1711, David Hume ranks 1. After him are Qianlong Emperor, Mikhail Lomonosov, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Laura Bassi, William IV, Prince of Orange, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Barbara of Portugal, Ablai Khan, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, and Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1776, David Hume ranks 1. After him are Yeongjo of Joseon, John Harrison, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Natalia Alexeievna, James Ferguson, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Sabah I bin Jaber, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Johann Adolf Scheibe, and John Ellis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hume ranks 64 out of 8,785. Before him are Margaret Thatcher (1925), Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), Edward Victor Appleton (1892), John Lennon (1940), John Dalton (1766), and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824). After him are Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), James V of Scotland (1512), Aleister Crowley (1875), John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842), and Edward the Black Prince (1330).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, David Hume ranks 4. Before him are Francis Bacon (1561), John Locke (1632), and Thomas Hobbes (1588). After him are Thomas More (1478), Herbert Spencer (1820), Roger Bacon (1220), Jeremy Bentham (1748), William of Ockham (1285), Joseph Priestley (1733), John Wycliffe (1324), and Duns Scotus (1265).

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