Hume, reform, and the perfect Commonwealth : an attempt to show that Hume's "Idea of a perfect Commonwealth" ought to be taken seriously

Eliopoulos, Nicholas2017-08-222017-08-221996b1954913http://hdl.handle.net/1885/124617The aim of this thesis is to show that Hume's 1752 essay "Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth" ought to be taken seriously in the sense that Hume wrote this essay in the hope that the republican form of government it describes and recommends, a republican form of government "modelled with masterly skill" (Essays 528), would one day be established in Britain.[v], 310 leavesenHume, David, 1711-1776Political sciencePolitical ethicsHume, reform, and the perfect Commonwealth : an attempt to show that Hume's "Idea of a perfect Commonwealth" ought to be taken seriously199610.25911/5d65107b801762017-08-18