  Jones (1982) noted the impact of Du Bos on Hume’s essays, but did not remark on the impact of the Frenchman on Hume’s Treatise. Norton and Norton, in their edition of the Treatise (Hume 1739–40 [2007]) noted some passages where Du Bos influenced Hume, but many more passages have recently been identified (Mazza and Mori 2016; Young and Cameron 2018). Virtually every passage in the Treatise where the fine arts are mentioned shows signs of Du Bos’s influence. Young and Cameron (2018) have argued that several passages in the Treatise so closely resemble passages in the Critical Reflections that the similarity cannot be coincidental. For example, both Du Bos and Hume agree that poetry and painting arouse the same emotions that we feel in ordinary life, but that the emotions aroused by the arts are fainter. Hume, like Du Bos, believes that passions that are displeasing when experienced in daily life can be pleasing when aroused by art. A passage in the Treatise (2.2.4.4) refers to Du Bos’s view that humans are plagued by ennui and they seek to escape it by gaming and other activities. On the other hand, Hume explicitly rejects Du Bos’s view on the influence of climate on national character.