David Hume
Lived: 1711-1776
Nationality: Scottish
Profession: Philosopher {[olive Actually, not really; mostly public servant and librarian at first and later historian and just occasionally philosopher. He would have liked to be a full-time philosopher but there weren’t many jobs for philosophers in those days and he couldn’t get one. Jason ]}
Main influence: John Locke and Empiricism
Most important work: A Treatise of Human Nature (1739’1740)