1748 in philosophy

1748 in philosophy

Publications

 * David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
 * Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws
 * Julien Offray de La Mettrie's Man a Machine

Births

 * February 6 - Adam Weishaupt (died 1830)
 * February 15 - Jeremy Bentham (died 1832)
 * April 3 - Dietrich Tiedemann (died 1803)
 * April 27 - Adamantios Korais (died 1833)
 * May 7 - Olympe de Gouges (died 1793)

Deaths

 * April 3 - Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui