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Political Essays
Idea of a perfect commonwealth
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Author(s):
David Hume
Editor(s):
Knud Haakonssen
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2009
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Cambridge University Press
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10.1017/CBO9781139170765.033
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Book chapters
pp. lvi
Bibliography
pp. xi
Introduction
pp. xli
Biographical notes
pp. xxxi
Chronology
pp. xxxiii
Bibliographical notes
pp. xxxviii
A note on the text and the edition
pp. 1
Of the liberty of the press
pp. 4
That politics may be reduced to a science
pp. 16
Of the first principles of government
pp. 20
Of the origin of government
pp. 24
Of the independency of Parliament
pp. 28
Whether the British government inclines more to absolute monarchy, or to a republic
pp. 33
Of parties in general
pp. 40
Of the parties of Great Britain
pp. 46
Of superstition and enthusiasm
pp. 51
Of civil liberty
pp. 58
Of the rise and progress of the arts and sciences
pp. 78
Of national characters
pp. 93
Of commerce
pp. 105
Of refinement in the arts
pp. 115
Of money
pp. 126
Of interest
pp. 136
Of the balance of trade
pp. 150
Of the jealousy of trade
pp. 154
Of the balance of power
pp. 161
Of taxes
pp. 166
Of public credit
pp. 179
Of some remarkable customs
pp. 186
Of the original contract
pp. 202
Of passive obedience
pp. 206
Of the coalition of parties
pp. 213
Of the Protestant succession
pp. 221
Idea of a perfect commonwealth
pp. 234
Appendix: Excerpts from Hume's History of England
pp. 260
Notes
pp. 347
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