Daved Hume is commonly known as one of the greatest philosophers to write in lish.He was also one of the foremost political and economic theorists and one of the finest historians of the eighteenth century.His political essays reflect the entire range of his intellectual engagement with politics-as political philosophy,political observation and political history-and function as anextension fo and supplement to works such as his Treatise of Human Nature and his History of England.The twenty-seven most important essays are presented in this fully nnotated edition,together with excerpts from the History of Emgland which point up their context.This major addition to the Cambridge Texts in the History of political Thought will be of interest to students and scholars of politics,philosophy and the history of ideas.
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Acknowledgements Introduction Chronology Bibliographical notes A note on the text and the edition Biographical notes Bibliography Political Essays 1 Of the liberty of the piess 2 That politics may be reduced to a science 3 Of the first principles of government 4 Of the origin of government 5 Of the independency of parliament 6 Whether the British government inclines more to absolute monarchy,or to a republic 7 Of parties in general 8 Of the parties of GreatBritain 9 Of superstition and enthusiasm 10 Of civil liberty 11 Of the rice and progress of the arts and sciences 12 Of national characters 13 Of commerce 14 Of refinement in the arts 15 Of money 16 Of interest 17 Of the balance of trabe 18 Of the jealouisy of trabe 19 Of the balance of power 20 Of taxes 21 Of public credit 22 Of some remarkable customs 23 Of the original contract 24 Of passive obedience 25 Of the coalition of parties 26 Of the protestant succession 27 Ides of a perfect commonwealth Appendix:Excerpts from Hume’s History of England Notes Index