Hume: History of England
This is a Reading List based upon a Liberty Fund Conference on “Essaying Liberty in Hume’s History of England in the Reigns of James I and Charles I.”
Essaying Liberty in Hume's History of England in the Reigns of James I and Charles I
Guide to the Readings
Editions used:
- David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary, edited and with a Foreword, Notes, and Glossary by Eugene F. Miller, with an appendix of variant readings from the 1889 edition by T.H. Green and T.H. Grose, revised edition (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1987).
- David Hume, The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Foreword by William B. Todd, 6 vols. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1983). Vol. 5.
See also in the Online Library of Liberty:
- Collections: The English Civil War
- Collections: History
- Collections: The Scottish Enlightenment
For additional reading see:
Session I: Of Essays and Histories
David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary.
Session II: Superstition and Enthusiasm in England
David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary.
David Hume, The History of England, Vol. V
Session III: Of Politics and Parties in England
David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary.
- “Whether the British Government Inclines More to Absolute Monarchy, Or to a Republic”
- “Of Parties in General”
- “Of the Parties in Great Britain”
David Hume, The History of England, Vol. V
Session IV: Of Principles and Practice in English Constitutional History
David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary.
David Hume, The History of England, Vol. V
Session V: Between Authority and Liberty in English Government
David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary.
David Hume, The History of England, Vol. V
Session VI: Real Whig or Old Tory
David Hume, The History of England, Vol. V
Jefferson's Letters
- “Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, August 12, 1810.”