{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e3852cbdb67c0f94f393857/5e38537d94ec4b4a36d447e1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Hume and the Politics of Enlightenment","description":"<p>What is it about British philosopher David Hume that makes him so popular? What was Hume’s attitude towards politics?</p><p>Thomas W. Merrill joins us this week to talk about Hume’s thought and his skeptical, empirical attitude.</p><p><strong>Show Notes and Further Reading</strong></p><p>Merrill’s book, <a href=\"http://www.cambridge.org/tn/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/political-theory/hume-and-politics-enlightenment\"><em>David Hume and the Politics of Enlightenment</em></a> (2015) is available from Cambridge University Press.</p><p>The Philosophy Bites podcast <a href=\"http://philosophybites.com/2012/11/whos-your-favourite-philosopher.html\">asked philosophers who their favorite philosopher was</a>. Many of their guests chose David Hume.</p><p>The Amazon Kindle edition of Hume’s <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Essays-David-Hume-ebook/dp/B0052GE0KS/\"><em>Essays</em></a> is available for free.</p><p>Many of David Hume’s other works are available for free at <a href=\"http://www.davidhume.org/\">davidhume.org</a>.</p>","author_name":"Libertarianism.org"}