Editing David Hume (section)

=== Paris and Rousseau ===
From 1763 to 1765, Hume was invited to attend [[Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford|Lord Hertford]] in [[Paris]], where he became secretary to the [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Paris|British embassy in France]].<ref>Klibansky, Raymond, and Ernest C. Mossner, eds. 1954. ''[[iarchive:newlettersofdavi0000hume|New Letters of David Hume]]''. Oxford: [[Oxford University Press]]. pp. 77–79.</ref> Hume was well received among Parisian society, and while there he met with [[Isaac de Pinto]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Hume and Isaac de Pinto|author=Popkin, Richard H.|author-link=Richard Popkin|year=1970|journal=Texas Studies in Literature and Language|volume=12|issue=3|pages=417–430|jstor = 40754109}}</ref> In 1765, Hume served as a [[chargé d'affaires]] in Paris, writing "despatches to the [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|British Secretary of State]]".<ref>Fieser, James. 2005 [2003]. [https://www.academia.edu/20351832/A_Bibliography_of_Humes_Writings_and_Early_Responses ''A'' ''Bibliography of Hume's Writings and Early Responses''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203172251/https://www.academia.edu/20351832/A_Bibliography_of_Humes_Writings_and_Early_Responses |date=3 February 2021 }}. Bristol: [[Thoemmes Press]]. – via [[Academia.edu]]. p. 59.</ref> He wrote of his Paris life, "I really wish often for the plain roughness of [[The Poker Club]] of Edinburgh... to correct and qualify so much lusciousness."{{sfn|Mossner|1980|p=285}} 

In January 1766, Hume left Paris to accompany [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] to England. Once there, [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau#Quarrel with Hume|he and Rousseau fell out]],<ref name="wsj11042017">{{Cite news |last=Scurr |first=Ruth |author-link=Ruth Scurr |date=2017-11-03 |title=Review: An Enlightened Friendship Between ‘The Infidel and the Professor’ |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-an-enlightened-friendship-between-the-infidel-and-the-professor-1509739157 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241016040840/https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-an-enlightened-friendship-between-the-infidel-and-the-professor-1509739157 |archive-date=16 October 2024 |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> leaving Hume sufficiently worried about the damage to his reputation from the quarrel with Rousseau that he would author an account of the dispute, titling it ''"A concise and genuine account of the dispute between Mr. Hume and Mr. Rousseau''".<ref>Becker, T., and P. A. de Hondt, trans. 1766. ''[[iarchive:concisegenuineac00hume/page/n1/mode/2up|A concise and genuine account of the dispute between Mr. Hume and Mr. Rousseau: with the letters that passed between them during their controversy]]''. London. Available in [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004851885.0001.000/1:3?rgn=div1;view=fulltext full text]. Retrieved 19 May 2020.</ref>