Selected Essays

Description

Introduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography Chronology 1. Of Essay Writing 2. Of the Middle Station of Life 3. Of the Delicacy of Taste and Passion 4. That Politics may be Reduced to a Science 5. Of the First Principles of Government 6. Of the Origin of Government 7. Of the Parties of Great Britain 8. Of Superstition and Enthusiasm 9. Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature 10. Of Civil Liberty 11. Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences 12. The Epicurean 13. The Stoic 14. The Platonist 15. The Sceptic 16. Of National Characters 17. Of Tragedy 18. Of the Standard of Taste 19. Of Commerce 20. Of Refinement in the Arts 21. Of Interest 22. Of the Balance of Trade 23. Of Public Credit 24. Of Some Remarkable Customs 25. Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations 26. Of the Original Contract 27. Of the Protestant Succession 28. Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth 29. On Suicide 30. On the Immortality of the Soul