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  • Laurence L. Bongie, David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-Revolution
  • Front Matter
  • Title Page
  • Publishing Details
  • Table of Contents, p. v
  • Foreword, p. vii
  • Preface to the Liberty Fund Edition, p. xi
  • Introduction, p. xiii
  • I. Before 1789
  • 1. Royal Panegyrics, p. 1
  • 2. The Science and Art of English History, p. 2
  • 3. Jehovah Among the Hebrews, p. 10
  • 4. Papist or Pyrrhonian?, p. 15
  • 5. The Scottish Bossuet, p. 35
  • 6. Debate with Turgot, p. 54
  • 7. Early Hostility: Mirabeau, Mably, and Brissot, p. 60
  • 8. Defence and Defiance, p. 65 9. Anticipating the Storm, p. 75
  • II. The Revolution and the Role of History, p. 79
  • 1. History as a Weapon of Counter-Revolution, p. 79
  • 2. History as the Superstition of Slaves, p. 93
  • III. From 1789 to the Trial of Louis XVI, p. 103
  • 1. Prophetic Parallels and the Counter-Revolutionary Lessons of Hume, p. 103
  • 2. The Long Parliament: Brissot Versus Clermont-Tonnere, p. 123
  • 3. A Republican Antidote: Catherine M acaulay-Graham, p. 132
  • IV. The Trial of Le Stuart Francais, p. 141
  • 1. Louis XVI and Charles I: A Condemned King's Mediations, p. 141 2. David Hume and Stuart History for the Defense, p. 149
  • 3. Cromwell in the Convention: The Judgement of Posterity, p. 156
  • 4. The Parallel Rejected: Brutus to the Rescue, p. 165
  • 5. Principles Versus Precedents, p. 171
  • V. The Aftermath, p. 177
  • 1. Republican Qualms, p. 177
  • 2. Waiting for General Monk, p. 186
  • 3. Conclusion, p. 196
  • Index of Names and Titles, p. 203