An edition of The passion for happiness (2000)
The passion for happiness
Samuel Johnson and David Hume
By Adam Potkay
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Publish Date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Language
eng
Pages
241
Description:
"Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) and David Hume (1711-1776) shared common ground as moralists. Adam Potkay traces their central concerns to Hellenistic philosophy, as conveyed by Cicero, and to earlier moderns such as Addison and Mandeville." "In their writings, Johnson and Hume largely agree on what flourishing means for both human beings and the communities they inhabit. They also tell a common story about the history that led up the enlightened age of eighteenth-century Europe."--BOOK JACKET.