The Philosophical Works of David Hume

611 Pages·1996·20.62 MB·English

by  David Hume

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THE
.P. HILOSOPHICAL WORKS
OF
DAVID H'. .U ME.
INCLUDING ALL THE ESSAYS, ANDE XHIBITING THE
MORE IMPORTANTA LTERATIONSA NDC ORRECTIONS
IN THE SUCCESSIVE EDITIONSP UBLISHED
BYT HEA UTHOR.
IN FOUR WLUIIIES.
EDINBURGH:
PnlNTED FOR ADAMB LACK AND WILLIAM TAIT;
AND CHARLES TAIT, 63,.F LEET STREET,
LONDON.
MDCCCXXVI.

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ADVERTISEMENT.
Most of the principles and reasonings con-
tained in this volume were published in a work
in three volumes, called A Treatise of Human
Nature; a work which the Author had project-
ed before he left College, and which he wrote
and published not long after. But not finding
it successful, he was sensible of his error in go-
ing to thep ress too early, and he cast the whole
anew in the following pieces; where some ne-
gligences in his former reasoning, and more in
the expression, are,h e hopes, corrected.Y et
several writers, who haveh onoured the Au-
thor's Philosophy with answers, have taken
caret od irect all theirb atteriesa gainstt hat
juvenile work, which theA uthorn evera c-
knowledged, andh ave affected to triumph in
any advantages which, they imagined, they had
obtained over it; a practice very contrary to
all rules of candoura nd fair-dealing, and a
strong instance of those polemical artifices,
which a bigotted zeal thinks itself authorized
to employ. Hencefortht h eA uthor d&ires,
that the following Pieces may alone be regard-
ed as containing his philosophical sentiments
and principles.
VOL. IY. b

CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOURTH.
AN IMQUIRY CONCERNING THE HUMAN UNDER-
STANDING.
SECTION . . . . PA GE
21.. OOff tthhdee i fOferriegnsi ntp eocfi eIsd eas of P. hilos..o phy .. .. .. *. .. 137
3. Of the Association of Ideas 22
4. Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations of the Under-
. . . . . . . . .
standing . . . . 32
5. Sceptid Solution of these Doubts 4'9
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6. Of Probability , . . 67
7. Of the Idea of Necessary Connexion 71
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8. Of Libaenr tdy Necessity ., .~ ., . . . 94
9, Of Rthe ea son of. Anim. als . . 121
10. Of Miracles , , 127
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11. Of a Particular Providence and of a Future State. 155
12. Of theA cademicaol Sr ceptical Philos.o phy .. I. 174
A DISSERTATOINO TNHE PASSIONS , 195
AN INQUIRY CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF
MORALS.
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1. Of Gthe en ePrr ainl ciples .o f Mo.r als ., . . 237
2. Of Benevolence . , . . , ,. . . . 245
3. Of Justice , . . I. . . . . 253
A Of PoSliotic ciaelt y . . . . . . . 278
5.U Wti lhityy pleases 285
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6. Of Qualities usefuOl u tors elves , 308
7. Of Qualitiiem s mediatealgy r eeable to Ourselves , . 327
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nzCtIon PAGE
O89 ..f ConQcluuasiloitnie simm, ediat.e ly a.g reea.b le Oto .t hers. . ,. 3343.79
APPENDIX.
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I. ConcernMinS oger anlt ime.n t . . . . ,. ., 366
9, Of Self-Love . 378
93. SOof mseo mfaer tVheeDrrc bio sanpl suitdeesr ations with .r.e gar.d tcr J.u stice. . 339867
A DULOQUE. . , . . . . 409
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RELIGION.
INTUODUCTI.O N . . . . . . . . 485
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1. That Polytheism was the Pr.i mar.y Rel.ig ion .o f Men . . 486
2. Origin of Polytheism . . . ., . . 44,1
3. The enme Subject continued 445
4. Deities not considered as Creators OT Formers of the World 450
5. Various Forms of Polytheism ; Allego.r y, H.e ro-W. orsh. ip ,. 458
6. Origin of Theifsrm oPmo l ytheism . . . . . . 4G3
7. Confirmation of this Doctrine . . . 469
8. Flux and Reflux of Polytheism and Theism 471
9. Comparison of these .R eligi.o ns w.it h re.g ard to. P ers.ec utio.n .
and Toleration 474
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10. Wirteh g ard to Courageor Abasement . . ., . 478
11. With regRat eor da s on or Absurdity 480
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12. WRit heg Dat roo d u bt or Conviction , YL
13. Impious Conceptions of the. D ivin.e Na.t ure . in Popular. R eli-.
gions of both kinds , 498
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14. BaId n fluence of PopulaRr eligions on Morality 50%
lb General Corollary 510
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ADDITIOKAI.
ADDlTIONAL ESSAYS.
IECTIOX P.4GE
%1. .OO ff ILmopveuM daaean nnrd dcr e ia ge Modest.y ., ., .. .. ,. ,. 551272
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3. Of Stht ued y of .H istory . . . ' . . 5%
I.O f Avarice ., . . .I . ., . 533
65.. OOff MEWsosrr aaityli nPgr ejudices . .. .. .. .. .. .I. 554.33 8
7. Of tMh eid dle Station of Life 550
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8. Of Suicide . . . 556
9. On the Immortality of the Soul 568
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AN
I N Q U I R Y
CONCERNING
HUMAN UNDERSTANDING.