Hume: Political WritingsThe first thematically arranged collection of Hume's political writings, this new work brings together substantive selections from A Treatise on Human Nature, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, and Essays: Moral, Political and Literary, with an interpretive introduction placing Hume in the context of contemporary debates between liberalism and its critics and between contextual and universal approaches. |
Contents
Of the rules which determine property | 20 |
Of the transference of property by consent | 31 |
Some further reflections concerning justice and injustice | 40 |
Of the origin of government | 47 |
Of chastity and modesty | 76 |
POLITICAL INTIMATIONS | 98 |
That Politics may be reduced to a Science | 101 |
Of the Independency of Parliament | 113 |
Of the Protestant Succession | 149 |
THE CRITIQUE OF SPECULATIVE POLITICS | 157 |
Of the Original Contract | 164 |
Of Passive Obedience | 182 |
Of Superstition and Enthusiasm | 184 |
Of Moral Prejudices | 189 |
THE EVOLUTION OF CIVILIZATION AND SOCIETY | 194 |
Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences | 197 |
Whether the British Government inclines more to Absolute Monarchy or to a Republic | 117 |
Of the Parties of Great Britain | 121 |
Of Civil Liberty | 127 |
Of the Balance of Power | 135 |
Of the Coalition of Parties | 142 |
Of Commerce | 219 |
Of Refinement in the Arts | 230 |
Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth | 240 |
Variant Readings | 253 |
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