1. Hume
David Hume is most commonly known as one of the most important philosophers to ever write in the English language. ... Although philosophers of the past three hundred years may owe a great debt to him, and his main legacy today is as a philosopher, Hume, in his lifetime, gained the most acclaim as a historian. ... While in Paris Hume gained great esteem in Parisian literary circles and forged a friendship with eminent French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. ... Although Hume distinguished himself most notably as a philosopher, his History of Great Britain is one of the most precise and im...
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