Origin of the Distinction of Ranks: Or an Inquiry into the Circumstances Which Give Rise to Influence and Authority in the Different Members of Society

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In: Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics Ser

Abstract

Intro -- John Millar, The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents -- Introduction, p. ix -- A Note on the Text, p. xxi -- Acknowledgments, p. xxiii -- The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks -- Original Title Page -- To John Young, Esquire, p. 3 -- Table of Contents, p. 5 -- Account of the Life and Writings of John Millar, Esq., p. 7 -- Introduction, p. 83 -- Chapter I. Of the Rank and Condition of Women in Different Ages -- Sect. 1. The effects of poverty and barbarism, with respect to the condition of women, p. 93 -- Sect. 2. The influence acquired by the mother of a family before marriage is completely established, p. 116 -- Sect. 3. The refinement of the passions of Sex, in the Pastoral Ages, p. 123 -- Sect. 4. The consequences of the introduction of Agriculture, with respect to the intercourse of the Sexes, p. 130 -- Sect. 5. Changes in the condition of women, arising from the improvement of useful Arts and Manufactures, p. 143 -- Sect. 6. The effects of great opulence, and the culture of the elegant arts, upon the relative condition of the sexes, p. 150 -- Chapter II. Of the Jurisdiction and Authority of A Father Over His Children -- Sect. 1. The pwoer of a father in early ages, p. 157 -- Sect. 2. The influence of the improvement of arts upon the jurisdiction of the father, p. 169 -- Chapter III. The Authority of a Chief Over the Members of a Tribe or Village -- Sect. 1. The origin of a chief, and the degrees of influence which he is enabled to acquire, p. 177 -- Sect. 2. The powers with which the chief of a rude tribe is commonly invested, p. 190 -- Chapter IV. The Authority of a Soverign, and of Subordinate Officers, over a Society Composed of Different Tribes or Villages.