David Hume's Moral Sentimentalism and the Role of Virtue (1740–1776)

1. Treatise Book III publishes moral sentimentalism

   Jan 1, 1740Labels: A Treatise, Moral Sentimentalism, David Hume

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2. Essays reach a wider moral audience

   Jan 1, 1741Labels: Essays Moral, David Hume

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3. Second essay volume extends moral and civic themes

   Jan 1, 1742Labels: Essays Moral, David Hume

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4. First Enquiry reframes reason’s limits and morals’ setting

   Jan 1, 1748Labels: An Enquiry, David Hume

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5. Essays expanded with contract and obedience debates

   Jan 1, 1748Labels: Essays Moral, Political Essays

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6. Second Enquiry offers mature theory of virtue

   Jan 1, 1751Labels: An Enquiry, David Hume, Theory of

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7. Political Discourses link civic virtue with social prosperity

   Jan 1, 1752Labels: Political Discourses, David Hume

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8. Hume becomes Keeper of the Advocates’ Library

   Jan 1, 1752Labels: Advocates' Library, David Hume

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9. Four Dissertations expands passions, religion, and taste

   Jan 1, 1757Labels: Four Dissertations, David Hume

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10. Essays and Treatises consolidates Hume’s moral writings

    Jan 1, 1758Labels: Essays and, David Hume

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11. Dialogues finalized near Hume’s death

    Aug 7, 1776Labels: Dialogues Concerning, David Hume

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12. Hume dies after shaping virtue ethics through sentiment

    Aug 25, 1776Labels: Death of, David Hume

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