Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary by
David Hume
1987. (Vol. I first
published 1742.) (Political Discourses, Vol.
II., first published 1752.) |
| About the Book and
Author |
| Foreword, by Eugene F. Miller |
| Editor's Note, by Eugene F. Miller
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| Note to the Revised Edition |
| My Own Life, by David Hume |
| Letter from Adam Smith, L.L.D. to William
Strahan, Esq. |
| PART I |
| I.I OF THE DELICACY OF TASTE AND PASSION
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| I.II OF THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
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| I.III THAT POLITICS MAY BE REDUCED TO A
SCIENCE |
| I.IV OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
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| I.V OF THE ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT |
| I.VI OF THE INDEPENDENCY OF PARLIAMENT
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| I.VII WHETHER THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT INCLINES
MORE TO ABSOLUTE MONARCHY, OR TO A REPUBLIC |
| I.VIII OF PARTIES IN GENERAL |
| I.IX OF THE PARTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN
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| I.X OF SUPERSTITION AND ENTHUSIASM
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| I.XI OF THE DIGNITY OR MEANNESS OF HUMAN
NATURE |
| I.XII OF CIVIL LIBERTY |
| I.XIII OF ELOQUENCE |
| I.XIV OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ARTS
AND SCIENCES |
| I.XV THE EPICUREAN |
| I.XVI THE STOIC |
| I.XVII THE PLATONIST |
| I.XVIII THE SCEPTIC |
| I.XIX OF POLYGAMY AND DIVORCES |
| I.XX OF SIMPLICITY AND REFINEMENT IN WRITING
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| I.XXI OF NATIONAL CHARACTERS |
| I.XXII OF TRAGEDY |
| I.XXIII OF THE STANDARD OF TASTE
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| PART II [Political Discourses]
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| II.I OF COMMERCE |
| II.II OF REFINEMENT IN THE ARTS |
| II.III OF MONEY |
| II.IV OF INTEREST |
| II.V OF THE BALANCE OF TRADE |
| II.VI OF THE JEALOUSY OF TRADE |
| II.VII OF THE BALANCE OF POWER |
| II.VIII OF TAXES |
| II.IX OF PUBLIC CREDIT |
| II.X OF SOME REMARKABLE CUSTOMS |
| II.XI OF THE POPULOUSNESS OF ANCIENT NATIONS
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| II.XII OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT |
| II.XIII OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE |
| II.XIV OF THE COALITION OF PARTIES
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| II.XV OF THE PROTESTANT SUCCESSION
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| II.XVI IDEA OF A PERFECT COMMONWEALTH
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| PART III Essays Withdrawn and
Unpublished |
| III.I OF ESSAY-WRITING |
| III.II OF MORAL PREJUDICES |
| III.III OF THE MIDDLE STATION OF LIFE
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| III.IV OF IMPUDENCE AND MODESTY |
| III.V OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE |
| III.VI OF THE STUDY OF HISTORY |
| III.VII OF AVARICE |
| III.VIII A CHARACTER OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE
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| III.IX OF SUICIDE |
| III.X OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
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| Variant Readings |
| Glossary |
| Footnotes to Part I |
| Footnotes to Parts II-III |
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