Aaron Alexander Zubia argues that the Epicurean roots of David Hume's philosophy gave rise to liberalism's unrelenting grip on the modern political imagination.
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Introduction: Hume and the Modern Political Imagination
1. Hume's Critique of Religion
2. The Epicurean Critique of Religion
3. Hobbes, Mandeville, and the New Political Science
4. Hume and the Making of Liberal Mythology
5. Making Men Moral: A Humean Approach
6. Spreading the Faith: Hume and the Miracle of Modernity
7. Hume, Epicureanism, and Contractarianism
Conclusion: Return to the Rule of Honestum
A Note on Citations
Bibliography