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In addition to the French, there was a very significant Scottish Enlightenment (key figures were Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Adam Smith, and Thomas Reid) and a very significant German Enlightenment (die Aufklärung, key figures of which include Christian Wolff, Moses Mendelssohn, G.E.
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David Hume was famous because he experimented on himself, doing things like starving himself to gage the affect of apatite on the brain.
The Age of Enlightenment was a cultural movement that began in 17th-century Europe to emphasize reason and individualism. It was started by philosophers Francis Bacon, Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, Pierre Bayle, Voltaire, Francis Hutcheson, David Hume and physicist Isaac Newton.
John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Isaac Newton were three important Enlightenment thinkers. Others include David Hume, Francis Bacon, and Rene Descartes.
David Hume of Godscroft was born in 1558.
David Hume was born on May 7, 1711.
David Hume was born on May 7, 1711.
David Hume of Godscroft died in 1629.
Roger L. Emerson has written: 'Essays on David Hume, medical men, and the Scottish Enlightenment' -- subject(s): Enlightenment, Intellectual life, Scottish Philosophy
David Howden Hume has written: 'Douglas Hume - a personal story' -- subject(s): Engineering
david Hume has written: 'The Ulster story: Ballycarry connection'
David Hume Kennerly was born in Roseburg, in Oregon, USA.
David Hume died on August 25, 1776 at the age of 65.
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The Age of Enlightenment was thinkers like John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Hume, Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), Adam Smith, René Descartes, and Immanuel Kant. Thomas Jefferson was inspired by Locke and Rousseau to write the Declaration of Independence. James Madison was influenced by Hume when he wrote the Constitution.