Essays and treatises on several subjects, Volume 2

J. Jones, 1822 - Philosophy, Modern - 612 pages

OF VOL	1

Of the Origin of Ideas	13

Of the Association of Ideas	19

Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations of the Understanding	21

Sceptical Solution of these Doubts	38

Of Probability	54

Of the Idea of Necessary Connection	57

Of Liberty and Necessity	76

Concerning moral Sentiment	319

Of Selflove	330

Some farther Considerations with regard to Justice	338

Of some verbal Disputes	345

A DIALOGUE	356

The NATURAL HISTORY of RELIGION INTRODUCTION	379

That Polytheism was the primary Religion of	380

Origin of Polytheism	385

Of the Reason of Animals	102

Of Miracles	106

Of a particular Providence and of a future State	130

Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy	148

A DISSERTATION on the PASSIONS	166

AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS	177

SECTION PAGE I Or the general Principies of Morals	204

APPENDIX	209

Of Benevolence	211

Of Justice	217

Of Political Society	239

Why Utility pleases	245

Of Qualities useful to Ourselves	265

Of Qualities immediately agreeable to Ourselves	282

Of Qualities immediately agreeable to Others	303

The same subject continued PAGE 319 330	388

Deities not considered as Creators or Formers of the World	393

Allegory HeroWorship	401

Origin of Theism from Polytheism	405

Confirmation of this Doctrine	411

Flux and Reflux of Polytheism and Theism	413

Comparison of these Religions with Regard to Persecu tion and Toleration	415

With Regard to Courage or Abasement	419

With Regard to Reason or Absurdity	421

With Regard to Doubt or Conviction	424

Impious Conceptions of the Divine Nature in popular Religions of both Kinds	437

Bad Influence of popular Religions on Morality	441

General Corollary	446

DIALOGUES concerning NATURAL RELIGION PAMPHILUS to HERMIPPUS	451

451	605

Title	Essays and treatises on several subjects, Volume 2 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, David Hume
Author	David Hume
Publisher	J. Jones, 1822
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	22 Sep 2017
Length	612 pages

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