An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

As intriguing today as when it was first published, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a fascinating exploration into the nature of human knowledge. Using billiard balls, candles, and other colorful examples, Hume conveys the core of his empiricism--that true knowledge can only be gained through sensory experience.

No other philosopher has been more at the forefront of the mind than David Hume; physics, psychology, neuroscience--connections to Hume are everywhere. Here is the book that Immanuel Kant confessed to have awoken him from his "dogmatic slumber."