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- Title: An Essay on the History of Civil Society
- Author : Adam Ferguson
- Release Date : January 23, 2015
- Genre: Philosophy,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 877 KB
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An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Adam Ferguson, scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment (1723-1816)
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-01- About this book
-02- PART FIRST. OF THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN NATURE
-03- SECTION I. OF THE QUESTION RELATING TO THE STATE OF NATURE
-04- SECTION II. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SELF PRESERVATION
-05- SECTION III. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF UNION AMONG MANKIND
-06- SECTION IV. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF WAR AND DISSENTION
-07- SECTION V. F INTELLECTUAL POWERS
-08- SECTION VI. OF MORAL SENTIMENT
-09- SECTION VII. OF HAPPINESS
-10- SECTION VIII. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
-11- SECTION IX. OF NATIONAL FELICITY
-12- SECTION X. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
-13- PART SECOND. OF THE HISTORY OF RUDE NATIONS
-14- SECTION I. OF THE INFORMATIONS ON THIS SUBJECT WHICH ARE DERIVED FROM ANTIQUITY
-15- SECTION II. OF RUDE NATIONS PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROPERTY
-16- SECTION III. OF RUDE NATIONS UNDER THE IMPRESSIONS OF PROPERTY AND INTEREST
-17- PART THIRD. OF THE HISTORY OF POLICY AND ARTS
-18- SECTION I. OF THE INFLUENCES OF CLIMATE AND SITUATION
-19- SECTION II. THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENTS
-20- SECTION III. OF NATIONAL OBJECTS IN GENERAL
-21- SECTION IV. OF POPULATION AND WEALTH
-22- SECTION V. OF NATIONAL DEFENCE AND CONQUEST
-23- SECTION VI. OF CIVIL LIBERTY
-24- SECTION VII. OF THE HISTORY OF ARTS
-25- SECTION VIII. OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE
-26- PART FOURTH. OF CONSEQUENCES THAT RESULT FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL ARTS
-27- SECTION I. OF THE SEPARATION OF ARTS AND PROFESSIONS
-28- SECTION II. OF THE SUBORDINATION CONSEQUENT TO THE SEPARATION OF ARTS AND PROFESSIONS
-29- SECTION III. OF THE MANNERS OF POLISHED AND COMMERCIAL NATIONS
-30- SECTION IV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
-31- PART FIFTH. OF THE DECLINE OF NATIONS
-32- SECTION I. OF SUPPOSED NATIONAL EMINENCE
-33- SECTION II. OF THE TEMPORARY EFFORTS AND RELAXATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SPIRIT
-34- SECTION III. OF RELAXATIONS IN THE NATIONAL SPIRIT INCIDENT TO POLISHED NATIONS
-35- SECTION IV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
-36- SECTION V. OF NATIONAL WASTE
-37- PART SIXTH. OF CORRUPTION AND POLITICAL SLAVERY
-38- SECTION I. OF CORRUPTION IN GENERAL
-39- SECTION III. OF THE CORRUPTION INCIDENT TO POLISHED NATIONS
-40- SECTION IV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
-41- SECTION V. OF CORRUPTION AS IT TENDS TO POLITICAL SLAVERY