The Essential David Hume

From the back of the "Skeptic, iconoclast, seeker of the basic truths of human nature... David Hume was all of these. A child of the 18th century-"The Age of Reason"-he nonetheless challenged many of the basic tenets of rationalism. His investigations of the inherent limits of human knowledge, of the indeterminacy of cause and effect relationships, and of the dubious foundations of religious faith made him empiricism's most influential advocate. His keenly observant studies of manners, morals and society have proved to have lasting relevance."