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David Hume and John Home. Two New Letters.

David Hume and John Home. Two New Letters. Gerhard Streminger Hume Studies, Volume 10, Number 1, April 1984, pp. 81-83 (Article) Published by Hume Society DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/hms.2011.0528 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/389229/summary Access provided at 17 Feb 2020 18:46 GMT from JHU Libraries 81. While doing research in the University Library, Edinburgh, I discovered two as yet unpublished letters from Hume. Both are addressed to John Home, just a few weeks before Hume's death. Although I believe the content of the letters throws no light on any puzzles concerning Hume's life and thought, they are worthy in themselves of attention, for their particular humanity. I would like to thank Peter Jones, University of Edinburgh, who generously checked the two letters for me and assured me that both are in Hume's own hand, though unsigned. Gerhard Streminger _ Universität Graz, Österreich Letter from David Hume to John Home of Kilduff 16 July 1776 University Library DK 6.27/3 Edinburgh 16 of July 1776 It is even so, Dear John, as I told you: Sunday very ill, yesterday very ill, to day very well, to morrow I shall be tolerably: But on the whole, 1 find it impracticable for me to stir from this place; and even my http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hume Studies Hume Society

David Hume and John Home. Two New Letters.

Streminger, Gerhard,
Hume Studies , Volume 10 (1) – Jan 26, 2011
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Gerhard Streminger Hume Studies, Volume 10, Number 1, April 1984, pp. 81-83 (Article) Published by Hume Society DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/hms.2011.0528 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/389229/summary Access provided at 17 Feb 2020 18:46 GMT from JHU Libraries 81. While doing research in the University Library, Edinburgh, I discovered two as yet unpublished letters from Hume. Both are addressed to John Home, just a few weeks before Hume's death. Although I believe the content of the letters throws no light on any puzzles concerning Hume's life and thought, they are worthy in themselves of attention, for their particular humanity. I would like to thank Peter Jones, University of Edinburgh, who generously checked the two letters for me and assured me that both are in Hume's own hand, though unsigned. Gerhard Streminger _ Universität Graz, Österreich Letter from David Hume to John Home of Kilduff 16 July 1776 University Library DK 6.27/3 Edinburgh 16 of July 1776 It is even so, Dear John, as I told you: Sunday very ill, yesterday very ill, to day very well, to morrow I shall be tolerably: But on the whole, 1 find it impracticable for me to stir from this place; and even my

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