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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462480203321

Autore

Cumberland Richard <1631-1718.>

Titolo

A treatise of the laws of nature [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Cumberland ; translated, with introduction and appendix, by John Maxwell (1727) ; edited and with a foreword by Jon Parkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, Ind., : Liberty Fund, c2005

ISBN

1-61487-791-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1033 p.)

Collana

Natural law and enlightenment classics

Altri autori (Persone)

ParkinJon <1969-> (Jonathan Bruce)

MaxwellJohn <1705 or 6-1784.>

Disciplina

171/.2

Soggetti

Ethics

Christian ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 961-971) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Richard Cumberland, A Treatise of the Laws of Nature ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. vii ""; ""Foreword, p. ix ""; ""A Note on this Edition, p. xx ""; ""A Treatise of the Laws of Nature ""; ""Dedication, p. 3 ""; ""The Translator's Preface, p. 4 ""; ""Names of Subscribers, p. 11 ""; ""Two Introductory Essays, p. 23 ""; ""Essay I. Concerning the City, or Kingdom, of God in the Rational World, and the Defects in Heathen Deism, p. 25 ""; ""Essay II. Concerning the Imperfectness of the Heathen Morality, p. 68 ""

""A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Laws of Nature """"The Contents, p. 237 ""; ""The Introduction, p. 247 ""; ""Chapter I. Of the Nature of Things, p. 289 ""; ""Chapter II. Of Human Nature, and Right Reason, p. 363 ""; ""Chapter III. Of Natural Good, p. 462 ""; ""Chapter IV. Of the practical Dictates of Reason, p. 481 ""; ""Chapter V. Of the Law of Nature, and its Obligation, p. 495 ""; ""Chapter VI. Of those Things which are contain'd in the general Law of Nature, p. 651 ""; ""Chapter VII. Of the Original of Dominion, and the MOral Virtues, p. 663 ""

""Chapter VIII. Of the Moral Virtues in particular, p. 684 """"Chapter IX. Corollaries, p. 708 ""; ""Editor's Note, p. 753 ""; ""Appendixes ""; ""Appendix I. A Summary of the Controversy Between Dr. Samuel Clark and an Anonymous Author, Concerning the Immateriality of Thinking



Substance,   p. 759""; ""Appendix II. A Treatise concerning the Obligation, Promulgation, and Observance of the Law of Nature, p. 795 ""; ""Appendix I. Richard Cumberland's Original Dedication to De Legibus Naturae, p. 947 ""; ""Appendix 2. Hezekiah Burton's ""Address to the Reader,"" p. 953 ""

""Selected Biography, p. 961 """"Index, p. 973 ""