Associations to the word «Hume»

Wiktionary

HUME, proper noun. A Scottish habitational surname from Home in Berwickshire.
HUME, proper noun. An English, Irish and Scottish surname, a variant of Holme.
HUME, proper noun. David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian.

Dictionary definition

HUME, noun. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).

Wise words

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