David Hume

David Hume is most commonly known as one of the most important philosophers to ever write in the English language. His development of extreme skepticism in philosophy, and rejection of traditional metaphysics, has been integral to the development of modern philosophical thinking. Although philosophers of the past three hundred years may owe a great debt to him, and his main legacy today is as a philosopher, Hume, in his lifetime, gained the most acclaim as …showed first 75 words of 1488 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1488 total…nor does the real spirit of the constitution as it had ever discovered itself in practice, fall much short of these appearances,” said Hume. Hume also pointed to precedents in the reigns of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Rapin maintains that such behavior is entirely new for the monarch. Next in Hume’s history he tackles the reign of James’ son, Charles I. Hume again attacked the behavior of Parliament. (Discuss Chucks- debate w/ parliament)