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An Abstract of a book lately published; entitled A Treatise of Human Nature
PREFACE
An Abstract of a Book lately Published, entituled, A Treatise of Human Nature, &c.
David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton (eds)
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The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature, Vol. 1: Texts
Contents
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Front Matter
Preface
Acknowledgements
A Note to Volume 2 of the Paperback Edition
A Note on the Texts
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A Treatise of Human Nature
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INTRODUCTION
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BOOK 1. Of the Understanding
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PART 1 Of ideas, their origin, composition, connexion, abstraction, &c.
Sect. 1. Of the origin of our ideas
Sect. 2. Division of the subject
Sect. 3. Of the ideas of the memory and imagination
Sect. 4. Of the connexion or association of ideas
Sect. 5. Of relations
Sect. 6. Of modes and substances
Sect. 7. Of abstract ideas
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PART 2 Of the ideas of space and time
Sect. 1. Of the infinite divisibility of our ideas of space and time
Sect. 2. Of the infinite divisibility of space and time
Sect. 3. Of the other qualities of our ideas of space and time
Sect. 4. Objections answer'd
Sect. 5. The same subject continu'd
Sect. 6. Of the idea of existence, and of external existence
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PART 3 Of knowledge and probability
Sect. 1. Of knowledge
Sect. 2. Of probability; and of the idea of cause and effect
Sect. 3. Why a cause is always necessary
Sect. 4. Of the component parts of our reasonings concerning cause and effect
Sect. 5. Of the impressions of the senses and memory
Sect. 6. Of the inference from the impression to the idea
Sect. 7. Of the nature of the idea or belief
Sect. 8. Of the causes of belief
Sect. 9. Of the effects of other relations and other habits
Sect. 10. Of the influence of belief
Sect. 11. Of the probability of chances
Sect. 12. Of the probability of causes
Sect. 13. Of unphilosophical probability
Sect. 14. Of the idea of necessary connexion
Sect. 15. Rules by which to judge of causes and effects
Sect. 16. Of the reason of animals
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PART 4 Of the sceptical and other systems of philosophy
Sect. 1. Of scepticism with regard to reason
Sect. 2. Of scepticism with regard to the senses
Sect. 3. Of the antient philosophy
Sect. 4. Of the modern philosophy
Sect. 5. Of the immateriality of the soul
Sect. 6. Of personal identity
Sect. 7. Conclusion of this book
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Book 2. Of the Passions
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BOOK 2. Of the Passions PART 1 Of pride and humility
Sect. 1. Division of the subject
Sect. 2. Of pride and humility; their objects and causes
Sect. 3. Whence these objects and causes are deriv'd
Sect. 4. Of the relations of impressions and ideas
Sect. 5. Of the influence of these relations on pride and humility
Sect. 6. Limitations of this system
Sect. 7. Of vice and virtue
Sect. 8. Of beauty and deformity
Sect. 9. Of external advantages and disadvantages
Sect. 10. Of property and riches
Sect. 11. Of the love of fame
Sect. 12. Of the pride and humility of animals
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PART 2 Of love and hatred
Sect. 1. Of the objects and causes of love and hatred
Sect. 2. Experiments to confirm this system
Sect. 3. Difficulties solv'd
Sect. 4. Of the love of relations
Sect. 5. Of our esteem for the rich and powerful
Sect. 6. Of benevolence and anger
Sect. 7. Of compassion
Sect. 8. Of malice and envy
Sect. 9. Of the mixture of benevolence and anger with compassion and malice
Sect. 10. Of respect and contempt
Sect. 11. Of the amorous passion, or love betwixt the sexes
Sect. 12. Of the love and hatred of animals
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PART 3 Of the will and direct passions
Sect. 1. Of liberty and necessity
Sect. 2. The same subject continu'd
Sect. 3. Of the influencing motives of the will
Sect. 4. Of the causes of the violent passions
Sect. 5. Of the effects of custom
Sect. 6. Of the influence of the imagination on the passions
Sect. 7. Of contiguity and distance in space and time
Sect. 8. The same subject continu'd
Sect. 9. Of the direct passions
Sect. 10. Of curiosity, or the love of truth
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Book 3. Of Morals
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BOOK 3. Of Morals PART 1 Of virtue and vice in general
Sect. 1. Moral distinctions not deriv'd from reason
Sect. 2. Moral distinctions deriv'd from a moral sense
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PART 2 Of justice and injustice
Sect. 1. Justice, whether a natural or artificial virtue?
Sect. 2. Of the origin of justice and property
Sect. 3. Of the rules, which determine property
Sect. 4. Of the transference of property by consent
Sect. 5. Of the obligation of promises
Sect. 6. Some farther reflections concerning justice and injustice
Sect. 7. Of the origin of government
Sect. 8. Of the source of allegiance
Sect. 9. Of the measures of allegiance
Sect. 10. Of the objects of allegiance
Sect. 11. Of the laws of nations
Sect. 12. Of chastity and modesty
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PART 3 Of the other virtues and vices
Sect. 1. Of the origin of the natural virtues and vices
Sect. 2. Of greatness of mind
Sect. 3. Of goodness and benevolence
Sect. 4. Of natural abilities
Sect. 5. Some farther reflections concerning the natural abilities
Sect. 6. Conclusion of this book
APPENDIX
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An Abstract of a book lately published; entitled A Treatise of Human Nature
PREFACE
An Abstract of a Book lately Published, entituled, A Treatise of Human Nature, &c.
A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend in Edinburgh
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