CHAPTER II.. 1734-1739. æt. 23-27.

1734-1739. ÆT. 23-27.

Hume leaves Bristol for France--Paris--Miracles at the Tomb of the Abbé Paris--Rheims--La Flêche--Associations with the Abbé Pluche and Des Cartes--Observations on French Society and Manners --Story of La Roche--Return to Britain--Correspondence with Henry Home--Publication of the first and second volume of the Treatise of Human Nature--Character of that Work--Its influence on Mental Philosophy. 48