"·英国哲学家大卫·休谟的哲学著作，包括《论知性》（OF THE UNDERSTANDING）《论情感》（OF THE PASSIONS）《论道德》（OF MORALS）
·本书从社会角度探讨了基于公共意见与信念而形成的人的社会本性，休谟在书中对人性的分析开启了西方道德哲学中的情感主义，其透彻的分析和对善恶标准的界定为当代政治哲学和道德哲学提供了论说的话题
·对自笛卡尔以来近代西方哲学成功进行了总结，直接推动了康德批判哲学的形成，其哲学思想在西方哲学目前占有十分重要的地位，是许多哲学思潮和观点的理论来源"

本书作为我社“最经典英语文库”第15辑中的一种，精选英国哲学家大卫·休谟创作的哲学著作《人性论》，以三卷本出版，前两卷（《论知性》与《论情感》）于1739年出版，第三卷（《论道德》）于1740年出版。《人性论》从社会角度而非自然科学角度探讨了基于公共意见与信念而形成的人的社会本性。全书分三卷，分别为“论知性”、“论情感”、“论道德”。第一卷阐述认识论，主要说明了知识的起源、分类和范围，人的认识能力和界限，以及推理的性质和作用等内容。第二卷以感觉性观点说明伦理学和美学问题，认为快乐的感觉是善和美的共同基础。第三卷是在前两卷基础上对道德问题的全面阐述。

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INTRODUCTION
BOOK I OF THE UNDERSTANDING
PART I OF IDEAS, THEIR ORIGIN,COMPOSITION, CONNEXION,ABSTRACTION, ETC / 3
SECT. I OF THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS / 5
SECT. II DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT / 12
SECT. III OF THE IDEAS OF THE MEMORY AND IMAGINATION / 14
SECT. IV OF THE CONNEXION OR ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS. / 16
SECT. V OF RELATIONS. / 20
SECT. VI OF MODES AND SUBSTANCES / 23
SECT. VII OF ABSTRACT IDEAS / 25
PART II OF THE IDEAS OF SPACE AND TIME / 35
SECT. I OF THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF OUR IDEAS OF SPACE AND TIME / 37
SECT. II OF THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF SPACE AND TIME / 41
SECT. III OF THE OTHER QUALITIES OF OUR IDEA OF SPACE AND TIME / 46
SECT. IV OBJECTIONS ANSWERED / 53
SECT. V THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED / 69
SECT. VI OF THE IDEA OF EXISTENCE, AND OF EXTERNAL EXISTENCE / 83
PART III OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROBABILITY / 87
SECT. I OF KNOWLEDGE / 89
SECT. II OF PROBABILITY, AND OF THE IDEA OF CAUSE AND EFFECT / 94
SECT. III WHY A CAUSE IS ALWAYS NECESSARY / 101
SECT. IV OF THE COMPONENT PARTS OF OUR REASONINGS CONCERNING CAUSE AND EFFECT / 106
SECT. V OF THE IMPRESSIONS OF THE SENSES AND MEMORY / 108
SECT. VI OF THE INFERENCE FROM THE IMPRESSION TO THE IDEA / 112
SECT. VII OF THE NATURE OF THE IDEA OR BELIEF / 121
SECT. VIII OF THE CAUSES OF BELIEF / 128
SECT. IX OF THE EFFECTS OF OTHER RELATIONS AND OTHER HABITS / 139
SECT. X OF THE INFLUENCE OF BELIEF / 151
SECT. XI OF THE PROBABILITY OF CHANCES / 160
SECT. XII OF THE PROBABILITY OF CAUSES / 167
SECT. XIII OF UNPHILOSOPHICAL PROBABILITY / 181
SECT. XIV OF THE IDEA OF NECESSARY CONNEXION / 194
SECT. XV RULES BY WHICH TO JUDGE OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS / 215
SECT. XVI OF THE REASON OF ANIMALS / 219
PART IV OF THE SCEPTICAL AND OTHER SYSTEMS OF PHILOSOPHY / 223
SECT. I OF SCEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO REASON / 225
SECT. II OF SCEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO THE SENSES / 233
SECT. III OF THE ANTIENT PHILOSOPHY / 266
SECT. IV OF THE MODERN PHILOSOPHY / 273
SECT. V OF THE IMMATERIALITY OF THE SOUL / 281
SECT. VI OF PERSONAL IDENTITY / 302
SECT. VII CONCLUSION OF THIS BOOK / 316
BOOK II OF THE PASSIONS
PART I OF PRIDE AND HUMILITY / 331
SECT. I DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT / 333
SECT. II OF PRIDE AND HUMILITY, THEIR OBJECTS AND CAUSES / 336
SECT. III WHENCE THESE OBJECTS AND CAUSES ARE DERIVED / 340
SECT. IV OF THE RELATIONS OF IMPRESSIONS AND IDEAS / 343
SECT. V OF THE INFLUENCE OF THESE RELATIONS ON PRIDE AND HUMILITY. / 346
SECT. VI LIMITATIONS OF THIS SYSTEM / 352
SECT. VII OF VICE AND VIRTUE / 357
SECT. VIII OF BEAUTY AND DEFORMITY / 361
SECT. IX OF EXTERNAL ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES / 367
SECT. X OF PROPERTY AND RICHES / 374
SECT. XI OF THE LOVE OF FAME / 382
SECT. XII OF THE PRIDE AND HUMILITY OF ANIMALS / 392
PART II OF LOVE AND HATRED / 397
SECT. I OF THE OBJECT AND CAUSES OF LOVE AND HATRED / 399
SECT. II EXPERIMENTS TO CONFIRM THIS SYSTEM / 403
SECT. III DIFFICULTIES SOLVED / 420
SECT. IV OF THE LOVE OF RELATIONS / 425
SECT. V OF OUR ESTEEM FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL / 432
SECT. VI OF BENEVOLENCE AND ANGER / 442
SECT. VII OF COMPASSION / 446
SECT. VIII OF MALICE AND ENVY / 450
SECT. IX OF THE MIXTURE OF BENEVOLENCE AND ANGER WITH COMPASSION AND MALICE / 460
SECT. X OF RESPECT AND CONTEMPT / 470
SECT. XI OF THE AMOROUS PASSION, OR LOVE BETWIXT THE SEXES / 475
SECT. XII OF THE LOVE AND HATRED OF ANIMALS / 479
PART III OF THE WILL AND DIRECT PASSIONS / 483
SECT. I OF LIBERTY AND NECESSITY / 485
SECT. II THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED / 494
SECT. III OF THE INFLUENCING MOTIVES OF THE WILL / 500
SECT. IV OF THE CAUSES OF THE VIOLENT PASSIONS / 507
SECT. V OF THE EFFECTS OF CUSTOM / 512
SECT. VI OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMAGINATION ON THE PASSIONS / 514
SECT. VII OF CONTIGUITY AND DISTANCE IN SPACE AND TIME / 518
SECT. VIII THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED / 524
SECT. IX OF THE DIRECT PASSIONS / 531
SECT. X OF CURIOSITY, OR THE LOVE OF TRUTH / 542
BOOK III OF MORALS
PART I OF VIRTUE AND VICE IN GENERAL / 551
SECT. I MORAL DISTINCTIONS NOT DERIVED FROM REASON / 553
SECT. II MORAL DISTINCTIONS DERIVED FROM A MORAL SENSE / 568
PART II OF JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE / 575
SECT. I JUSTICE, WHETHER A NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL VIRTUE? / 577
SECT. II OF THE ORIGIN OF JUSTICE AND PROPERTY / 585
SECT. III OF THE RULES WHICH DETERMINE PROPERTY / 604
SECT. IV OF THE TRANSFERENCE OF PROPERTY BY CONSENT / 610
SECT. V OF THE OBLIGATION OF PROMISES / 613
SECT. VI SOME FARTHER REFLECTIONS CONCERNING JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE / 623
SECT. VII OF THE ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT / 632
SECT. VIII OF THE SOURCE OF ALLEGIANCE / 638
SECT. IX OF THE MEASURES OF ALLEGIANCE / 650
SECT. X OF THE OBJECTS OF ALLEGIANCE / 655
SECT. XI OF THE LAWS OF NATIONS / 670
SECT. XII OF CHASTITY AND MODESTY / 674
PART III OF THE OTHER VIRTUES AND VICES / 679
SECT. I OF THE ORIGIN OF THE NATURAL VIRTUES AND VICES / 681
SECT. II OF GREATNESS OF MIND / 700
SECT. III OF GOODNESS AND BENEVOLENCE / 712
SECT. IV OF NATURAL ABILITIES / 717
SECT. V SOME FARTHER REFLECTIONS CONCERNING THE NATURAL VIRTUES / 725
SECT. VI CONCLUSION OF THIS BOOK / 730
APPENDIX / 734