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This edition is announced for 2027 as part of the Press’s revival programme. It is not yet on sale.

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The Scottish Enlightenment Library

Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary

David Hume (1711–1776)

In preparation · announced for 2027

Hume’s complete essays in the 1777 arrangement he prepared himself, including the essays withdrawn in his lifetime.

Reference: SSSP PROG-HUME-ESSAY
Series: The Scottish Enlightenment Library
Author: David Hume (1711–1776)
First published: 1758
Announced for: 2027

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The whole series

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith · In preparation
An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Adam Ferguson · In preparation
Theory of the Earth
James Hutton · In preparation
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
James Clerk Maxwell · In preparation
The Wonderful Canon of Logarithms
John Napier · In preparation