Adam Ferguson [[electronic resource] ] : selected philosophical writings / / edited and introduced by Eugene Heath

• Autore: Ferguson Adam <1723-1816.>
• Pubblicazione: Exeter, UK ; ; Charlottesville, Va., : Imprint Academic, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 192
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy
• Altri autori: HeathEugene
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-171) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Adam Ferguson
• ISBN: 1-84540-442-4; 1-283-69282-1; 1-84540-443-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808815703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of Scottish philosophy ; ; v. 2.