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Hume on evil, pp. 39 (19  September  1794) Hume, David ‘Why utility pleases' (discussion of malice), chapter 5
in An enquiry concerning the principles of morals. 1751
Incorporated into Essays and treatises on several subjects, vol. III, 1753 and collected editions thereafter. WG's sale catalog lists:
Hume's (David) Essays and Treatises, 2 vol. 1788.
OR
Hume, David (originally anonymous) ‘Of malice and envy,' Book II, part 2, sec. 8
in Treatise of human nature: being an attempt to introduce the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects. 1739
WG's sale catalog lists:
Treatise of Human Nature, 3 vol. 1739.

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• 19  September  1794