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Hume's Intellectual Landscape
- David Hume, born during the Scientific Revolution, was influenced by thinkers like Galileo, Newton, and Locke.
- This era's mechanistic philosophy, emphasizing inert particles and calculable forces, raised epistemological questions about our knowledge.
Hume's Self-Education
- Hume, a solitary learner, studied languages and pursued broad learning in his youth.
- His family intended him for law, but he devoted himself to literature and philosophy, shaping his unique approach.
Treatise in La Flèche
- Following a breakdown, Hume went to La Flèche, France, where Descartes had studied, to write 'A Treatise of Human Nature'.
- He sought a cheaper living situation and access to resources like the Jesuit library.