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Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary /

This edition contains the thirty-nine essays included in Essays, Moral, and Literary, that made up Volume I of the 1777 posthumous Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. It also includes ten essays that were withdrawn or left unpublished by Hume for various reasons. The two most important were de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hume, David, 1711-1776
Otros Autores: Miller, Eugene F., 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis : LibertyClassics, [1987]
Edición:Rev. ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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obedience -- Of the coalition of parties -- Of the Protestant succession -- Idea of a perfect commonwealth -- Essays withdrawn and unpublished.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. 
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