On Suicide

Author: Hume, David

Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900

Published on 25 August 2005 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Great Ideas' series.

Paperback | 128 pages
180 x 114 x 9 | 86g

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. One of the most important thinkers ever to write in English, the Empiricist David Hume liberated philosophy from the superstitious constraints of religion; here, he argues that all are free to choose between life and death, considers the nature of personal taste and succinctly criticises common philosophies of the time.