(British) David Hume 
Nobility and Despicability of Humanity 

The essays in this book show Hume »s keen and profound insights into a wide range of social life and personal emotional and moral issues, involving aesthetics and various literary and artistic issues, moral life issues, and scientific and philosophical issues. His observation is in-depth and detailed, his reasoning is clear and reasonable, full of historical and human touch, his writing is vivid and beautiful, and his many expositions are of great help to us in understanding the thinking and psychology of people in the West, especially in the English-speaking world.