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A Treatise Of Human Nature

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Book Title: Treatise of Human Nature

Item Length: 9in.

Item Height: 1.3in.

Item Width: 6in.

Author: David Hume

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, General

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2015

Genre: Philosophy

Item Weight: 33.7 Oz

Number of Pages: 576 Pages

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