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