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Author Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Title Essays, moral, political, and literary / David Hume ; edited and with a foreword, notes, and glossary by Eugene F. Miller ; with an apparatus of variant readings from the 1889 edition by T.H. Green and T.H. Grose.

Publication Info. Indianapolis : LibertyClassics, [1987]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  192.4 H921E    Check Shelf
Edition Revised edition.
Description xlix, 683 pages : color portrait ; 24 cm
Contents Part I. Of the delicacy of taste and passion -- Of the liberty of the press -- That politics may be reduced to a science -- Of the first principles of government -- Of the origin of government -- Of the independency of Parliament -- Whether the British government inclines more to absolute monarchy, or to a republic -- Of parties in general -- Of the parties of Great Britain -- Of superstition and enthusiasm -- Of the dignity or meanness of human nature -- Of civil liberty -- Of eloquence -- Of the rise and progress of the arts and sciences -- The Epicurean -- The Stoic -- The Platonist -- The Sceptic -- Of polygamy and divorces -- Of simplicity and refinement in writing -- Of national characters -- Of tragedy -- Of the standard of taste -- Part II. Of commerce -- Of refinement in the arts -- Of money -- Of interest -- Of the balance of the trade -- Of the jealousy of the trade -- Of the balance of power -- Of taxes -- Of public credit -- Of some remarkable customs -- Of the populousness of ancient nations -- Of the original contract -- Of passive obedience -- Of the coalition of parties -- Of the Protestant succession -- Idea of a perfect commonwealth -- Essays withdrawn and unpublished. Of essay-writing -- Of moral prejudices -- Of the middle station of life -- Of impudence and modesty -- Of love and marriage -- Of the study of history -- Of avarice -- A character of Sir Robert Walpole -- Of suicide -- Of the immortality of the soul.
Note Based on the 1777 ed. originally published as v. 1 of Essays and treatises on several subjects.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Ethics, Modern -- 18th century.
Social ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Political science -- Early works to 1800.
Added Author Miller, Eugene F., 1935-
ISBN 0865970556
0865970564 paperback
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