Essays Moral, Political, Literary (LF ed.)
- David Hume (author)
- Eugene F. Miller (editor)
This edition of Hume’s much neglected philosophical essays contains the thirty-nine essays included in Essays, Moral, and Literary, that made up Volume I of the 1777 posthumous Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. It also includes ten essays that were withdrawn or left unpublished by Hume for various reasons. The two most important were deemed too controversial for the religious climate of his time.
Table of Contents
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- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- EDITOR’S NOTE
- Textual Notations
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Revised Edition
- THE LIFE OF DAVID HUME, ESQ.
- MY OWN LIFE1
- LETTER FROM ADAM SMITH, LL.D. TO WILLIAM STRAHAN, ESQ.
- PART I*: ESSAYS MORAL, POLITICAL, AND LITERARY
- ESSAY I: OF THE DELICACY OF TASTE AND PASSION*
- ESSAY II: OF THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
- ESSAY III: THAT POLITICS MAY BE REDUCED TO A SCIENCE
- ESSAY IV: OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
- ESSAY V: OF THE ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT
- ESSAY VI: OF THE INDEPENDENCY OF PARLIAMENTa
- ESSAY VII: WHETHER THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT INCLINES MORE TO ABSOLUTE MONARCHY, OR TO A REPUBLIC
- ESSAY VIII: OF PARTIES IN GENERAL
- ESSAY IX: OF THE PARTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN
- ESSAY X: OF SUPERSTITION AND ENTHUSIASM
- ESSAY XI: OF THE DIGNITY OR MEANNESS OF HUMAN NATUREa
- ESSAY XII: OF CIVIL LIBERTYa
- ESSAY XIII: OF ELOQUENCE
- ESSAY XIV: OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
- ESSAY XV: THE EPICUREAN1
- ESSAY XVI: THE STOIC1
- ESSAY XVII: THE PLATONIST1
- ESSAY XVIII: THE SCEPTIC
- ESSAY XIX: OF POLYGAMY AND DIVORCES
- ESSAY XX: OF SIMPLICITY AND REFINEMENT IN WRITING
- ESSAY XXI: OF NATIONAL CHARACTERS
- ESSAY XXII: OF TRAGEDY
- ESSAY XXIII: OF THE STANDARD OF TASTE
- PART II*: ESSAYS MORAL, POLITICAL, AND LITERARY
- ESSAY I: OF COMMERCE
- ESSAY II: OF REFINEMENT IN THE ARTSa
- ESSAY III: OF MONEY
- ESSAY IV: OF INTEREST
- ESSAY V: OF THE BALANCE OF TRADE
- ESSAY VI: OF THE JEALOUSY OF TRADE
- ESSAY VII: OF THE BALANCE OF POWER
- ESSAY VIII: OF TAXES
- ESSAY IX: OF PUBLIC CREDIT
- ESSAY X: OF SOME REMARKABLE CUSTOMS
- ESSAY XI: OF THE POPULOUSNESS OF ANCIENT NATIONSa
- ESSAY XII: OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT
- ESSAY XIII: OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE
- ESSAY XIV: OF THE COALITION OF PARTIES
- ESSAY XV: OF THE PROTESTANT SUCCESSION
- ESSAY XVI: IDEA OF A PERFECT COMMONWEALTH
- ESSAYS WITHDRAWN AND UNPUBLISHED
- ESSAY I: OF ESSAY-WRITING1
- ESSAY II: OF MORAL PREJUDICES1
- ESSAY III: OF THE MIDDLE STATION OF LIFE1
- ESSAY IV: OF IMPUDENCE AND MODESTY1
- ESSAY V: OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE1
- ESSAY VI: OF THE STUDY OF HISTORY1
- ESSAY VII: OF AVARICE1
- ESSAY VIII: A CHARACTER OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE1
- ESSAY IX: OF SUICIDE1
- ESSAY X: OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL1
- VARIANT READINGS
- VARIANT READINGS TO PART I
- PART TITLE PAGE
- I.: OF THE DELICACY OF TASTE AND PASSION
- II.: OF THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
- III.: THAT POLITICS MAY BE REDUCED TO A SCIENCE
- IV.: OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
- VI.: OF THE INDEPENDENCY OF PARLIAMENT
- VII.: WHETHER THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT INCLINES MORE TO ABSOLUTE MONARCHY, OR TO A REPUBLIC
- VIII.: OF PARTIES IN GENERAL
- IX.: OF THE PARTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN
- X.: OF SUPERSTITION AND ENTHUSIASM
- XI.: OF THE DIGNITY OR MEANNESS OF HUMAN NATURE
- XII.: OF CIVIL LIBERTY
- XIII.: OF ELOQUENCE
- XIV.: OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
- XV.: THE EPICUREAN
- XVIII.: THE SCEPTIC
- XIX.: OF POLYGAMY AND DIVORCES
- XX.: OF SIMPLICITY AND REFINEMENT IN WRITING
- XXI.: OF NATIONAL CHARACTERS
- VARIANT READINGS TO PART II
- TITLE PAGE
- I.: OF COMMERCE
- II.: OF REFINEMENT IN THE ARTS
- III.: OF MONEY
- IV.: OF INTEREST
- V.: OF THE BALANCE OF TRADE
- VII.: OF THE BALANCE OF POWER
- VIII.: OF TAXES
- IX.: OF PUBLIC CREDIT
- X.: OF SOME REMARKABLE CUSTOMS
- XI.: OF THE POPULOUSNESS OF ANCIENT NATIONS
- XII.: OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT
- XIII.: OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE
- XIV.: OF THE COALITION OF PARTIES
- XV.: OF THE PROTESTANT SUCCESSION
- XVI.: IDEA OF A PERFECT COMMONWEALTH
- VARIANT READINGS TO ESSAYS WITHDRAWN AND UNPUBLISHED
- IV.: OF IMPUDENCE AND MODESTY
- VI.: OF THE STUDY OF HISTORY
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