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DAVID HUME
THE COMPLETE WORKS

1739. A Treatise on Human Nature.
      1740. An Abstract of a Treatise of Human Nature.
      1745. A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend.

1748. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.

1751. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.

1754. The History of England.

1757. The Natural History of Religion.

1758. Essays Moral, Political and Literary.

1777. My Own Life.

 

POSTHUMOUS PUBLICATIONS

1777. “On Suicide” & “The Immortality of The Soul”.

1779. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.








ESSAYS, MORAL, POLITICAL, AND LITERARY

Vol. I first published 1742, Vol. II, Political Discourses, first published 1752.

My Own Life, — by David Hume
Letter from Adam Smith, L.L.D. — to William Strahan, Esq.

PART I — ESSAYS, MORAL, POLITICAL & LITERARY
I.I — OF THE DELICACY OF TASTE AND PASSION
I.II — OF THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
I.III — THAT POLITICS MAY BE REDUCED TO A SCIENCE
I.IV — OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
I.V — OF THE ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT
I.VI — OF THE INDEPENDENCY OF PARLIAMENT
I.VII — WHETHER THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT INCLINES MORE TO ABSOLUTE MONARCHY, OR TO A REPUBLIC
I.VIII — OF PARTIES IN GENERAL
I.IX — OF THE PARTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN
I.X — OF SUPERSTITION AND ENTHUSIASM
I.XI — OF THE DIGNITY OR MEANNESS OF HUMAN NATURE
I.XII — OF CIVIL LIBERTY
I.XIII — OF ELOQUENCE
I.XIV — OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
I.XV — THE EPICUREAN
I.XVI — THE STOIC
I.XVII — THE PLATONIST
I.XVIII — THE SCEPTIC
I.XIX — OF POLYGAMY AND DIVORCES
I.XX — OF SIMPLICITY AND REFINEMENT IN WRITING
I.XXI — OF NATIONAL CHARACTERS
I.XXII — OF TRAGEDY
I.XXIII — OF THE STANDARD OF TASTE

PART II — POLITICAL DISCOURSES
II.I — OF COMMERCE
II.II — OF REFINEMENT IN THE ARTS
II.III — OF MONEY
II.IV — OF INTEREST
II.V — OF THE BALANCE OF TRADE
II.VI — OF THE JEALOUSY OF TRADE
II.VII — OF THE BALANCE OF POWER
II.VIII — OF TAXES
II.IX — OF PUBLIC CREDIT
II.X — OF SOME REMARKABLE CUSTOMS
II.XI — OF THE POPULOUSNESS OF ANCIENT NATIONS
II.XII — OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT
II.XIII — OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE
II.XIV — OF THE COALITION OF PARTIES
II.XV — OF THE PROTESTANT SUCCESSION
II.XVI — IDEA OF A PERFECT COMMONWEALTH

PART III — ESSAYS WITHDRAWN AND UNPUBLISHED
III.I — OF ESSAY-WRITING
III.II — OF MORAL PREJUDICES
III.III — OF THE MIDDLE STATION OF LIFE
III.IV — OF IMPUDENCE AND MODESTY
III.V — OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE
III.VI — OF THE STUDY OF HISTORY
III.VII — OF AVARICE
III.VIII — A CHARACTER OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE
III.IX — OF SUICIDE
III.X — OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL

Variant Readings

Footnotes to Part I

Footnotes to Parts II-III

 

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