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The passion for happiness

by Adam Potkay

2000 241 pages eng

"Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) and David Hume (1711-1776) shared common ground as moralists. Adam Potkay traces their central concerns to Hellenistic philosophy, as conveyed by Cicero, and to earlier moderns such as Addison and Mandeville." "In their writings, Johnson and Hume largely agree on what flo…

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