Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary

1758 book by David Hume

Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1758) is a two-volume compilation of essays by David Hume.[1] Part I includes the essays from Essays, Moral and Political,[2] plus two essays from Four Dissertations. The content of this part largely covers political and aesthetic issues. Part II includes the essays from Political Discourses,[3] most of which develop economic themes. The total two-part collection appeared within a larger collection of Hume's writings titled Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects.[4] This was a collaborative publication with the important Scottish bookseller Alexander Kincaid, with whom the bookseller Andrew Millar had a lucrative but sometimes difficult relationship.[5]

Content:

* My Own Life, by David Hume
* Letter from Adam Smith, L.L.D. to William Strahan, Esq.
* Part I, Essay I, OF THE DELICACY OF TASTE AND PASSION
* Part I, Essay II, OF THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
* Part I, Essay III, THAT POLITICS MAY BE REDUCED TO A SCIENCE
* Part I, Essay IV, OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
* Part I, Essay V, OF THE ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT
* Part I, Essay VI, OF THE INDEPENDENCY OF PARLIAMENT
* Part I, Essay VII, WHETHER THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT INCLINES MORE TO ABSOLUTE MONARCHY, OR TO A REPUBLIC
* Part I, Essay VIII, OF PARTIES IN GENERAL
* Part I, Essay IX, OF THE PARTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN
* Part I, Essay X, OF SUPERSTITION AND ENTHUSIASM
* Part I, Essay XI, OF THE DIGNITY OR MEANNESS OF HUMAN NATURE
* Part I, Essay XII, OF CIVIL LIBERTY
* Part I, Essay XIII, OF ELOQUENCE
* Part I, Essay XIV, OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
* Part I, Essay XV, THE EPICUREAN
* Part I, Essay XVI, THE STOIC
* Part I, Essay XVII, THE PLATONIST
* Part I, Essay XVIII, THE SCEPTIC
* Part I, Essay XIX, OF POLYGAMY AND DIVORCES
* Part I, Essay XX, OF SIMPLICITY AND REFINEMENT IN WRITING
* Part I, Essay XXI, OF NATIONAL CHARACTERS
* Part I, Essay XXII, OF TRAGEDY
* Part I, Essay XXIII, OF THE STANDARD OF TASTE
* Part II, Essay I, OF COMMERCE
* Part II, Essay II, OF REFINEMENT IN THE ARTS
* Part II, Essay III, OF MONEY
* Part II, Essay IV, OF INTEREST
* Part II, Essay V, OF THE BALANCE OF TRADE
* Part II, Essay VI, OF THE JEALOUSY OF TRADE
* Part II, Essay VII, OF THE BALANCE OF POWER
* Part II, Essay VIII, OF TAXES
* Part II, Essay IX, OF PUBLIC CREDIT
* Part II, Essay X, OF SOME REMARKABLE CUSTOMS
* Part II, Essay XI, OF THE POPULOUSNESS OF ANCIENT NATIONS
* Part II, Essay XII, OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT
* Part II, Essay XIII, OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE
* Part II, Essay XIV, OF THE COALITION OF PARTIES
* Part II, Essay XV, OF THE PROTESTANT SUCCESSION
* Part II, Essay XVI, IDEA OF A PERFECT COMMONWEALTH
* Part III, Essay I, OF ESSAY-WRITING
* Part III, Essay II, OF MORAL PREJUDICES
* Part III, Essay III, OF THE MIDDLE STATION OF LIFE
* Part III, Essay IV, OF IMPUDENCE AND MODESTY
* Part III, Essay V, OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE
* Part III, Essay VI, OF THE STUDY OF HISTORY
* Part III, Essay VII, OF AVARICE
* Part III, Essay VIII, A CHARACTER OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE
* Part III, Essay IX, OF SUICIDE
* Part III, Essay X, OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL

## References

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1. ^ Hume, David (1758). Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects (New ed.). Strand and Edinburgh: A. Millar and A. Kincaid & A. Donaldson. Retrieved 28 June 2014 - via Internet Archive. "david hume essays."
2. ^ See Essays, Moral and Political. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid. 1741. Retrieved 15 June 2015. via Google Books
3. ^ See Hume, David (1752). Political Discourses (2 ed.). Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson. Retrieved 16 June 2015. "David Hume." via Google Books
4. ^ Fieser, James (2006). "David Hume (1711-1776)". The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
5. ^ "The manuscripts, Letter from Andrew Millar to Thomas Cadell, 16 July, 1765. Andrew Millar Project. University of Edinburgh". www.millar-project.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

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