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1711 CE - 1776 CE: Life of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.
1711 CE: The philosopher David Hume is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1734 CE: David Hume moves to La Flèche in northwest France.
1740 CE: David Hume publishes his A Treatise of Human Nature.
1748 CE: David Hume publishes his An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
1751 CE: David Hume publishes his An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.
1752 CE: David Hume is appointed Keeper of the Advocates’ Library in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1754 CE: David Hume publishes the first volume of his History of England.
1757 CE: David Hume publishes his Dissertation on the Passions.
1776 CE: The philsopher David Hume dies in Edinburgh, Scotland.