David Hume & The Enlightenment Period

By maddykaltschnee

  • The Enlightenment Period Begins

    The Enlightment Starts when Hobbes published the book "Leviathan".

  • John Locke Publishes His Work

    In 1690, the famous John Locke published "Two Treatises On Government", all of his works were very famous during the Enlightenment Period.

  • Hume Was Born

    On May 7th, 1711 David Hume was born to Joseph Hume and Katherine Falconer in a tenement of the Lawnmarket in Edinburgh.

  • Voltaire publishes his work

    Voltaire published one of his works called "Philosophic Letters To The English". This was him criticizing the problems facing France at the time.

  • David Hume Publishes His First Book

    David Hume started writing "Treatise Of Human Nature" and published 3 volumes to this book. It is widely known throughout all of the Enlightenment Period.

  • "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" was published.

    In 1748, Hume published another book called "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding"

  • "An Enquiry Concerning Principles Of Morals" was published

    Hume published "An Enquiry Concerning Principles Of Morals" in 1751.

  • Holbach Makes An Entrance

    Holbach published his book called "Systems Of Nature" where he states that the universe is made up of matter and motion. Which is the main point of the Enlightenment Period.

  • Hume Died

    David Hume died of either bowel or liver cancer at the southwest corner of St. Andrew's Square, in Edinburghs's new town, at what is now 21 Saint David Street.

  • The Enlightenment Period Ends

    Thomas Paine published the last book concerning the Enlightenment called "The Age Of Reason" in 1794.