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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

by David Hume (1711–1776)

20 chapters, about 53,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. OF THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PHILOSOPHY. 3,600 words
2. OF THE ORIGIN OF IDEAS. 1,800 words
3. OF THE ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS. 500 words
4. PART I. 2,300 words
5. PART II. 2,600 words
6. PART I. 2,300 words
7. PART II. 2,900 words
8. OF PROBABILITY[9]. 800 words
9. PART I. 4,000 words
10. PART II. 1,900 words
11. PART I. 5,400 words
12. PART II. 2,300 words
13. OF THE REASON OF ANIMALS. 1,300 words
14. PART I. 2,000 words
15. PART II. 5,700 words
16. SECTION XI. 5,100 words
17. PART I. 1,900 words
18. PART II. 1,500 words
19. PART III. 1,200 words
20. INDEX 3,900 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Analogy
• Argument
• Divine providence
• Miracle
• Similarity (philosophy)
• Skepticism

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