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Ferguson Adam <1723-1816.> |
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Titolo |
Adam Ferguson [[electronic resource] ] : selected philosophical writings / / edited and introduced by Eugene Heath |
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Exeter, UK ; ; Charlottesville, Va., : Imprint Academic, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-84540-442-4 |
1-283-69282-1 |
1-84540-443-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Collana |
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Library of Scottish philosophy ; ; 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-171) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Series Editor's Note; Editor's Note; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Body matter; An Essay on the History of Civil Society (1767); PART I: Of the General Characteristics of Human Nature; Section I: Of the question relating to the State of Nature; Section II: Of the principles of Self-preservation; Section III: Of the principles of Union among Mankind; Section IV: Of the principles of War and Dissension; Section VII: Of Happiness; Section VIII: The same subject continued; PART II: Of the History of Rude Nations |
Section II: Of Rude Nations prior to the Establishment of PropertySection III: Of Rude Nations under the Impressions of Property and Interest; PART III: Of the History of Policy and Arts; Section II: The History of Subordination; Section VI: Of Civil Liberty; PART IV: Of the Consequences that result from the Advancement of Civil and Commercial Arts; Section I: Of the Separation of Arts and Professions; Section III: Of the Manners of Polished and Commercial Nations; PART V: Of the Decline of Nations; Section III: Of Relaxations in the National Spirit incident to Polished Nations |
PART VI: Of Corruption And Political SlaverySection III: Of the Corruption incident to Polished Nations; Section IV: The same subject continued; Institutes of Moral Philosophy (1769); INTRODUCTION; |
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Section I: Of Knowledge in general; Section II: Of Science; Section III: Of the laws of Nature; Section IV: Of Theory; Section V: Of Moral Philosophy; Section VI: Of Pneumatics; PART III: Of the Knowledge of God; Chapter I: Of the Being of God; Chapter II: Of the Attributes of God; Chapter III: Of the belief of the Immortality of the Human Soul, as founded in Principles of Religion |
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic (1783)BOOK III; Chapter IV: Character of the Times; Philosophy; Principles of Moral and Political Science (1792); VOLUME 1; Introduction; Part I, Chapter II: Of Mind or the Characteristics of Intelligence; Section III: Of the Actual Sources of Knowledge and Measures of Evidence; Section IV: Of the Laws or Canons of Evidence; Part I, Chapter III: Of Man's Progressive Nature; Section II: Of the Principles of Progression in Human Nature; Section III: Of Habit in general; Section IV: Of Habits of Thinking |
Section V: Of Habit, as it affects the Inclinations of Men and their Capacity of Enjoyment or Suffering; Section VIII: Of Ambition, or the Desire of something higher than is possessed at present; VOLUME II; Part II, Chapter I: Of the Specific Good Incident to Human Nature; Section III: Of Beauty and Deformity, Excellence and Defect; Section IV: Of Virtue and Vice; Part II, Chapter II: Of the Fundamental Law of Morality, its Immediate Applications and Sanctions; SECTION III: Of the Difficulty which has arisen in accounting for Moral Approbation |
Part II, Chapter III: Of Jurisprudence of Compulsory Law |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A philosopher and historian, Adam Ferguson occupies a unique place within eighteenth-century Scottish thought. Distinguished by a moral and historical bent, his work is framed within a teleological outlook that upholds the importance of action and virtue. |
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