How long does it take to read A Treatise of Human Nature?
A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume takes about 13 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours
A week or two of reading
First published 1739. 709 pages, about 194,975 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 113 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher's classic work on human understanding and morals.
Subjects: Philosophy, English Philosophy, Natural theology, Emotions, Nonfiction, Theory of Knowledge
