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^* David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding [1748], Section XII; abridged, with modified spelling, punctuation and grammar. There are many editions of this work, including that by Tom L. Beauchamp (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), which contains a helpful introduction for students.

1 1 After the ancient Greek philosopher Pyrrho of Elis (c.365–275 BC) who argued that knowledge of the nature of things is utterly unattainable, and advocated total suspension of belief.

2 2 For this thesis, and Hume’s rejection of speculative philosophy which goes beyond these limits, see below, Part II, extract 7.

3 3 Compare Berkeley’s theory that nothing exists outside the mind: see below, Part II, extract 6.

4 4 Compare Hume’s own discussion of these matters in Part II, extract 7, and Part VI, extracts 5 and 6, below.