Alan Bailey & Daniel Jayes O’Brien 
Hume»s »Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding» [PDF ebook] 
A Reader’s Guide

David Hume is widely considered to be the greatest British philosopher and his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is the most frequently studied of all his works – a key text in the study of empiricist thought. This is a hugely important and exciting, yet challenging, piece of philosophical writing.

In Hume»s Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Reader»s Guide, Allen Bailey and Dan O»Brien explain the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text. The book then guides the reader to a clear understanding of the text as a whole, before exploring the reception and influence of this classic philosophical work. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential and challenging of texts.