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David Hume

1711 - 1776

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David Hume (; born David Home; 7 May 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism. Beginning with A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40), Hume strove to create a naturalistic science of man that examined the psychological basis of human nature. Hume followed John Locke in rejecting the existence of innate ideas, concluding that all human knowledge derives solely from experience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hume has received more than 6,480,538 page views. His biography is available in 106 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 102 in 2019). David Hume is the 40th most popular philosopher (down from 38th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 35th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Philosopher.

David Hume is most famous for his skepticism and empiricism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, David Hume ranks 40 out of 1,267. Before him are Anaximander, Al-Farabi, Martin Heidegger, Maria Montessori, Plutarch, and Søren Kierkegaard. After him are Sun Tzu, Rajneesh, Laozi, Empedocles, Origen, and Protagoras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, David Hume ranks 1. After him are Qianlong Emperor, Mikhail Lomonosov, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Laura Bassi, William IV, Prince of Orange, Barbara of Portugal, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Ablai Khan, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, and Georg Wilhelm Richmann. Among people deceased in 1776, David Hume ranks 1. After him are Yeongjo of Joseon, John Harrison, Natalia Alexeievna, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Sabah I bin Jaber, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Johann Adolf Scheibe, John Ellis, and Giuseppe Asclepi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hume ranks 37 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander Fleming (1881), James Cook (1728), James Prescott Joule (1818), Alexander Graham Bell (1847), Jane Austen (1775), and Robert Hooke (1635). After him are Mary I of England (1516), John Maynard Keynes (1883), Alfred Hitchcock (1899), John Lennon (1940), John Major (1943), and John Dalton (1766).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, David Hume ranks 4. Before him are Francis Bacon (1561), John Locke (1632), and Thomas Hobbes (1588). After him are Thomas More (1478), Herbert Spencer (1820), Jeremy Bentham (1748), Roger Bacon (1220), William of Ockham (1285), John Venn (1834), Joseph Priestley (1733), and Duns Scotus (1265).

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