What David Hume thinks about journalism
Scottish philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment (1711 to 1776), born in Edinburgh; author of A Treatise of Human Nature, the Enquiries, and a History of England.
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2 dated positions, c. 1741–1776, in their own words. Our reading of what David Hume has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingLiberty of the press may be claimed as a common right of mankind in almost every government
Their wordsBut I would fain go a step further, and assert, that such a liberty is attended with so few inconveniences, that it may be claimed as the common right of mankind, and ought to be indulged them almost in every government except the ecclesiastical, to which, indeed, it would be fatal.
↗Essays, Moral and Political (selection; 1741-1776)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book
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Their wordsThe liberty of the press, therefore, however abused, can scarce ever excite popular tumults or rebellion.
↗Essays, Moral and Political (selection; 1741-1776)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book