Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volume 2

James Walker, 1825

OF VOLUME SECOND AN INQUIRY CONCERNING THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING SECTION I OF F the different species of Philosophy	3

Of the Origin of Ideas	15

Of the Association of Ideas	21

Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations of the Understand	23

Sceptical Solution of these Doubts	40

Of Probability	56

Of the Idea of Necessary Connection	60

Of Liberty and Necessity	80

INTRODUCTION	383

That Polytheism was the Primary Religion of Men	384

Origin of Polytheism	389

The same subject continued	392

Deities not considered as Creators or Formers of the World	397

Allegory Heroworship	404

Origin of Theism from Polytheism	408

Confirmation of this doctrine	414

Of the Reason of Animals	105

Of Miracles	109

Of a Particular Providence and of a Future State	133

Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy	151

A DISSERTATION ON THE PASSIONS	169

SECTION PAGE III Of Justice	221

Of Political Society	242

Why Utility pleases	249

Of Qualities useful to Ourselves	269

Of Qualities immediately agreeable to Ourselves	286

Of Qualities immediately agreeable to Others	297

Conclusion	305

Concerning Moral Sentiment	322

Of Selflove	333

Some farther considerations with regard to Justice	341

Of some Verbal disputes	348

A DIALOGUE	359

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RELIGION	381

Flux and Reflux of Polytheism and Theism	416

Comparison of these Religions with regard to Persecution and Toleration	418

SECTION PAGE X With regard to Courage or Abasement	422

With regard to Reason or Absurdity	424

With Regard to Doubt or Conviction	427

Impious Conceptions of the Divine Nature in Popular Re ligions of both kinds	439

Bad Influence of Popular Religions on Morality	443

General Corollary	449

PAGE	466

3	496

21	499

60	500

109	501

133	503

151	504

Of the General Principles of Morals II Of Benevolence	505

214	506

Title	Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volume 2 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, David Hume
Author	David Hume
Publisher	James Walker, 1825
Original from	National Library of Israel
Digitized	20 Feb 2020

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