Hume's Philosophical Politics - Cambridge Paperback Library Author:Duncan Forbes This is a study of Hume's political thought based on a survey of all his writings in their original and revised versions, with very full reference to the works of predecessors and contemporaries, including journalists, pamphleteers and historians. Hume's political thinking is presented in its historical context as a modem, 'philosophical', empir... more »ically based system of politics for a new post-revolutionary age, and a political education for parochial, backward-looking party men.« less