Books like Philosophical essays concerning human understanding

Philosophical essays concerning human understanding by David Hume reads as analytical, skeptical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Kritik der reinen Vernunft

Immanuel Kant · 1781

Both explore epistemology & reason

66% genome match

Essay concerning human understanding

John Locke · 1689

Both explore epistemology & empiricism

77% genome match

Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1873

Both explore epistemology & reason

78% genome match

Meditationes de prima philosophia

René Descartes · 1642

Both explore epistemology & reason

69% genome match

An essay on man

Alexander Pope · 1733

Both explore human nature & reason

69% genome match

Human nature

Thomas Hobbes · 1684

Both explore human nature & reason

70% genome match

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive

John Stuart Mill · 1843

Both explore epistemology & empiricism

68% genome match

Socratic method and critical philosophy

Leonard Nelson · 1949

Both explore epistemology & reason

68% genome match

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle · 1558

Same classic feel

62% genome match

Three dialogues between Hylas and Philonous

George Berkeley · 1713

Both explore skepticism & empiricism

71% genome match

The principles of moral and political philosophy

William Paley · 1746

Same philosophy feel

65% genome match

The Social Contract and Discourses

Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1913

Both explore human nature

64% genome match