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Great Books Reading and Discussion Group

“An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding,” by David Hume

2024-11-25 19:00:00 2024-11-25 20:30:00 America/New_York Great Books Reading and Discussion Group Please join us to discuss “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding,” by David Hume (1711-1776). Huntington Public Library Main Building - Main Meeting Room, HPL Adult Zoom

Monday, November 25
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-11-25 19:00:00 2024-11-25 20:30:00 America/New_York Great Books Reading and Discussion Group Please join us to discuss “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding,” by David Hume (1711-1776). Huntington Public Library Main Building - Main Meeting Room, HPL Adult Zoom

Huntington Public Library Main Building

Main Meeting Room, HPL Adult Zoom

Please join us to discuss “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding,” by David Hume (1711-1776).

A group of veteran members now manages this long-standing Huntington Public Library book group. We invite you to share in an exploration of highly regarded classics of literature, history, and philosophy through a discussion technique known as “Shared Inquiry. Selections are from Great Conversations 2, available for purchase at the Main Library front desk for at the reduced price of $10 thanks to a generous donation from the Friends of the Library.

David Hume was a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. Never an academic philosopher, Hume was rather a man of letters and of affairs. He gave voice to philosophical empiricism, a conviction that knowledge must be based on direct sensory experience. His “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding,” is a restatement in popular form of some of the ideas Hume had put forward in his long work “A Treatise of Human Nature.” The great German philosopher Immanuel Kant stated that Hume awakened him from his “dogmatic slumbers.”                           

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussions |

TAGS: | great books | classics | book discussion |

Huntington Public Library Main Building

Phone: 631-427-5165

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We're closed Tuesday December 24 due to Christmas Eve.
We're closed Wednesday December 25 due to Christmas Day.
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Tue, Dec 24 Closed
(Christmas Eve.)
Wed, Dec 25 Closed
(Christmas Day.)
Thu, Dec 26 9:00AM to 9:00PM
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The Main is located in the heart of Huntington Village, on the corner of Prospect Street and Main Street. The Main has a large auditorium and two smaller meeting rooms, one room for Children's programs and a conference room. There is also a Local History room located on the second floor and an Art Gallery located on the lower level.

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