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Essays on the principles of morality and natural religion : several essays added concerning the proof of a deity /

"Henry Home (1696-1782) has been called "perhaps the most complete 'Enlightenment man' among the eighteenth-century Scottish thinkers." Kinsman and friend of David Hume, mentor and patron of Adam Smith, John Millar, and Thomas Reid, he was a key figure in that circle of lumi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782
Otros Autores: Moran, Mary Catherine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis, IN : Liberty Fund, 2005.
Edición:3rd ed., corrected and improved.
Colección:Natural law and enlightenment classics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I: Our attachment to objects of distress
  • Foundation and principles of morality
  • Liberty and necessity
  • Personal identity
  • PART II: Belief
  • External senses
  • Different theories of vision
  • Matter and spirit
  • Power, cause and effect
  • Knowledge of future events
  • Dread of supernatural powers in the dark
  • Knowledge of the Deity
  • APPENDIX: Significant variant readings.