05013nam 2200649Ia 450 991046251460332120200520144314.01-84540-442-41-283-69282-11-84540-443-2(CKB)2670000000270903(EBL)1049948(OCoLC)817898294(SSID)ssj0000757508(PQKBManifestationID)12353183(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757508(PQKBWorkID)10759319(PQKB)11505804(MiAaPQ)EBC1049948(Au-PeEL)EBL1049948(CaPaEBR)ebr10614736(CaONFJC)MIL400532(EXLCZ)99267000000027090320071207d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdam Ferguson[electronic resource] selected philosophical writings /edited and introduced by Eugene HeathExeter, UK ;Charlottesville, Va. Imprint Academicc20071 online resource (246 p.)Library of Scottish philosophy ;2Description based upon print version of record.1-84540-056-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-171) and index.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 NationsSection 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 NationsPART 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; 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 ReligionHistory 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 ThinkingSection 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 ApprobationPart II, Chapter III: Of Jurisprudence of Compulsory LawA 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.Library of Scottish philosophy ;v. 2.PhilosophyElectronic books.Philosophy.192Ferguson Adam1723-1816.122280Heath Eugene299038MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462514603321Adam Ferguson2273670UNINA