CHAPTER I.: OF THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL SOCIETY. - Dugald Stewart, Lectures on Political Economy, vol. 1 [1855]
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Lectures on Political Economy. Now first published. Vol. I. To which is Prefixed, Part Third of the Outlines of Moral Philosophy, edited by Sir William Hamilton (Edinburgh, Thomas Constable, 1855).
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- Advertisement By the Editor.
- Plan of Lectures On Political Economy, For Winter 1800-1801.
- Outlines of Moral Philosophy. Part Third. [political Science.]
- Part III. *: of Man Considered As the Member of a Political Body. †
- Chapter I.: Of the History of Political Society.
- Chapter II.: Of the General Principles of Legislation and Government.
- Lectures On Political Economy.
- Errata.
- Introduction. of the Objects and Province of Political Economy. *
- [chapter I.]: [of the Title and Comprehension of the Science, In Its Most Extensive Meaning.]
- Chapter II. *: [of the Contents and Distribution of Political Economy Proper,—or of Part First.]
- [ Population. ]
- [ National Wealth. ]
- [ the Poor:—their Maintenance. ]
- [ Education.—prevention, Reformation, Correction of Crime. ]
- [chapter III.]: [preliminary Distinction of Positive Laws Into Two Classes; and the Relation of These to Political Economy Proper,—or to Part First.]
- Part First.—: of Political Economy Proper.
- [book First.]: [of Population.]
- [chapter I.]: Of Population Considered As an Article of the Natural History of Man.
- [chapter II.]: [of Population Considered As an Article of Political Economy.]
- [sect. I.—: Of Population As Affected By the Political Institutions Which Regulate the Sexual Connexion.]
- [sect. II.—: Of Population As Affected By the State of Manners Relative to the Connexion Between the Sexes.]
- [sect. III.—: Dependence of Population On the Means of Subsistence Enjoyed By the People.]
- [ Appendix. —: of the Means Which Have Been Employed to Ascertain the State of Population In Particular Instances. ]
- [book Second.]: [of National Wealth.]
- [chapter I. * ]: [of Productive and Unproductive Labour.]
- [sect. I.—: On the Circumstances Which Render Labour More Effective.]
- Chapter II.: [of Money, the Circulating Medium.]
- [sect. I.—: Of the Origin and Use of Money.]
- [sect. II.—: Of Real and Nominal Prices.]
- [sect. III.—: On the Effects of Plenty Or Scarcity of the Precious Metals Upon Prices.]
- Sect. IV.—: Of Money As the Standard of Value.
- [sect. V.—: Of Interest.]
- Appendices to Books First and Second.
- Appendix I.—: To B. I. Ch. II. § 3.
- Quotation On Population From Pinto.
- Appendix II.—: To B. II. Ch. II.
- Notes On the [ Parliamentary ] Bullion Report. ( Sent By Mr. Stewart to Lord Lauderdale, In February, March, and April, 1811.)
CHAPTER I.
OF THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL SOCIETY.
Article 1. Of the Principles in Human Nature, and of the Circumstances in the Condition of Mankind, which lay the foundation of the Political Union.
Art. 2. Of the Principles in Human Nature, and of the Circumstances in the Condition of Mankind which lay the Foundation of the Progress of Society.
Art. 3. Of the Institution of Marriage; and its consequences, Political and Moral.
Art. 4. Of the Condition and the Character of the Sexes, as they are modified by different States of Society.
Art. 5. Of the History of Property, considered in relation to Human Improvement and Happiness.
Art. 6. Of the Origin and Progress of the Arts and of the Sciences.
Art. 7. Of the Origin and Progress of Commerce.
Art. 8. Of the Origin and Progress of Government, and of the History of Rank and Subordination.
Art. 9. Of the Origin and Progress of Municipal Systems of Jurisprudence.
Art. 10. Of Diversities in the History of the Species, arising from the influence of Climate and Situation.
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