pt. I. Polite Philosophy. 1. The amalgamation of philosophy and breeding. 2. Lord Ashley's Inquiry: The philosophy of sociability and its context. 3. The notebooks: the problem of the self. 4. The notebooks: philosophy in the inner life. 5. Philosophy in society. 6. Philosophical writing -- pt. II. Polite Whiggism. 7. From politics to cultural politics. 8. The critique of the Church. 9. The critique of the Court. 10. The culture of liberty.