Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary. David Hume

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      ESSAYS

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      MORAL, POLITICAL,

       AND LITERARY

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      This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.

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      The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as a design element in Liberty Fund books is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.

      Foreword and editorial additions © 1985, 1987 by Liberty Fund, Inc.

      Facsimile title and part title pages from Volume I of Hume: Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London 1777, courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

      This eBook edition published in 2013.

      eBook ISBNs:

       978-1-61487-098-2

       978-1-61487-216-0

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      CONTENTS

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       XIX Of Polygamy and Divorces

       XX Of Simplicity and Refinement in Writing

       XXI Of National Characters

       XXII Of Tragedy

       XXIII Of the Standard of Taste

       PART II

       I Of Commerce

       II Of Refinement in the Arts

       III Of Money

       IV Of Interest

       V Of the Balance of Trade

       VI Of the Jealousy of Trade

       VII Of the Balance of Power

       VIII Of Taxes

       IX Of Public Credit

       X Of Some Remarkable Customs

       XI Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations

       XII Of the Original Contract

       XIII Of Passive Obedience

       XIV Of the Coalition of Parties

       XV Of the Protestant Succession

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