Sketches of the History of Man.

Intro -- Henry Home, Lord Kames, Sketches of the History of Man, Three Volumes -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, p. vii -- Introduction, p. ix -- A Note on the Text, p. xxi -- Acknowledgments, p. xxiii -- Volume I -- Preface, p. 3 -- To the Reader, p. 5 -- Table of Contents, p. 7 -- Sketches of the History of Man, p. 11 -- Preliminary Discourse, p. 13 -- Book I. Progress of Men independent of Society, p. 53 -- Sketch 1. Progress respecting food and population, p. 53 -- Sketch 2. Progress of property, p. 68 -- Sketch 3. Origin and Progress of Commerce, p. 74 -- Sketch 4. Origin and progress of arts, p. 162 -- Section 1. Useful Arts, p. 91 -- Section 2. Progress of taste and of the fine arts, p. 107 -- Sketch 5. Manners, p. 163 -- Volume II -- Sketch 6. Progress of the Female Sex, p. 259 -- Appendix, p. 306 -- Sketch 7. Progress and Effects of Luxury, p. 313 -- Book II. Progress of Men in Society, p. viii -- Sketch 1. Appetite for society - Origin of National societies, p. 339 -- Sketch 2. General view of government, p. 371 -- Sketch 3. Different forms of government compared, p. 375 -- Sketch 4. Progress of states from small to great, and from great to small, p. 389 -- Sketch 5. Great and small states compared, p. 396 -- Sketch 6. War and peace compared, p. 405 -- Sketch 7. rise and fall of patriotism, p. 416 -- Sketch 8. Finances, p. 432 -- Preface, p. 352 -- Section 1. General Consideration on Taxes, p. 433 -- Section 2. Power of imposing taxes, p. 436 -- Section 3. Different sorts of taxes, with their advantages and disadvantages, p. 440 -- Section 4. Manner of levying taxes, p. 445 -- Section 5. Rules to be observed in Taxing, p. 447 -- Section 6. Taxes examined with respect to their effects, p. 454 -- Section 7. Taxes for advancing industry and commerce, p. 459 -- Volume III.

Sketch 9. Military branch of government, p. 491 -- Sketch 10. Public police with respect to the poor, p. 521 -- Sketch 11. A great city considered in physical, moral, and political views, p. 120 -- Sketch 12. Origin and Progress of American Nations, p. 555 -- Book III. Progress of Sciences, p. 581 -- Sketch 1. Principles and progress of reason, p. 583 -- Section 1. Principles of Reason, p. 583 -- Section 2. Progress of Reason, p. 597 -- Appendix, p. 635 -- A brief account of Aristotle's logic, with remarks, p. 637 -- Chapter 1. Of the First Three Treatises, p. 637 -- Chapter 2. Remarks, p. 643 -- Chapter 3. Account of th eFirst Analytics, p. 658 -- Chapter 4. Remarks, p. 664 -- Chapter 5. Account of the remaining books of the Organon, p. 679 -- Chapter 6. Reflections on the utility of logic, and the means of its improvement, p. 687 -- Volume IV -- Sketch 2. Principles and progress of morality, p. 701 -- Part 1. Principles of Morality, p. 701 -- Section 1. Human Actions analysed, p. 701 -- Section 2. Division of human actions into right, wrong, and indifferent, p. 706 -- Section 3. Laws of nature respecting our moral conduct in society, p. 713 -- Section 4. Principles of duty and of benevolence, p. 723 -- Section 5. Laws respecting rewards and punishments, p. 725 -- Section 6. Laws respecting reparation, p. 731 -- Section 7. Final causes of the foregoing laws of nature, p. 737 -- Section 8. Liberty and necessity considered with respect to morality, p. 744 -- Appendix, p. 756 -- Part 2. Progress of morality, p. 759 -- Sketch 3. Principles and progress of theology, p. 790 -- Chapter 1. Existence of a Deity, p. 790 -- Chapter 2. Progress of opinions with respect to Deity, p. 801 -- Chapter 3. Religious worship, p. 835 -- Section 1. Religious Worship respecting the Deity singly, p. 836.

Section 2. Morality considered as a branch of duty to our Maker, p. 864 -- Appendix. Sketches concerning Scotland, p. 907 -- Sketch 1. Scotch entails considered in moral and political views, p. 907 -- Sketch 2. Government of royal boroughs in Scotland, p. 915 -- Sketch 3. Plan for improving and preserving in order the high ways in Scotland, p. 920 -- Latin Tage and Phrases, p. 929 -- Bibliography, p. 931 -- Index, p. 945.

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