Historically, the Hume collection was arranged intellectually
according to T.E. Jessop's A Bibliography of David Hume and of the
Scottish Philosophy (1938, reprint 1966). Jessop's arrangement is
as follows:
Collected Works:
- Hume's own collection (Essays & Treatises)
Posthumous collections and selections
Collections and selections in translation
Works published by Hume and translations of these:
- 1739-40. Treatise concerning human understanding
1741. Essays moral and political
1748. Account of Stewart
1748. Philosophical essays (Enquiry concerning human Understanding)
Essay on Miracles
1751. Enquiry concerning the principles of morals
1752. Political Discourses
c. 1752. Scotticisms
1754-62. History of Great Britain
1757. Four dissertations
1759. Letter to Critical Review
1766. Account of dispute with Rousseau
Other literary activities
Posthumously published works:
- Two essays
Autobiography
Dialogues concerning natural religion
Minor papers
Spuria
Works on Hume:
- Biography, correspondence and miscellanea
On the quarrel with Rousseau
On his History
On his political and economic writings
On his philosophy
Great Britain, Ireland and America
Germany and Austria
Other countries
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To this schema the McGill collection has added five additional sections:
- Books from Hume's library
Discussions - General
Douglas controversy
Extracts
Leslie Election controversy.
As well, Jessop's category "Treatise concerning human understanding" has been corrected to become "Treatise concerning human nature." "Correspondence" and "bibliographies" have been made separate sections
and a subsection for translations has been created under the entry where
they exist. (Jessop categories for which no material exists in the collection
have not been included.) The McGill collection includes material not in
Jessop and unknown to Jessop; all this material is arranged under the
various categories or sections. The Hume Collection is searchable
by these categories and a navigation toolbar is provided.
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