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"This book discusses morality, politics, and philosophy and describes how the three subjects are intertwined. The author begins with preliminary considerations, covering topics such as the law of honor, the law of the land, the moral sense, etc. The author then discusses moral obligation (i.e. the definition of "obligation" and the necessity of general rules); relative duties (i.e. duties in relation to property law, charity, and slavery); duties to ourselves (i.e. the right to self-defense); duties towards God (i.e. prayer and the use of Scripture); and elements of political knowledge (i.e. civil liberties, crimes and punishments, war, and military establishments)." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Vol. I. page 18 wrongly numbered 17; text begins with p. [16]. ; Vol. I: iv, [16]-486 [i.e. 485]; vol. II: vii, [1], 17-642 p. ; Includes bibliographical references and index. ; Vol. 1. Essays, moral, political, and literary -- v. 2. An inquiry concerning human understanding -- A dissertation on the passions -- An inquiry concerning the principles of morals -- The natural history of religion. ; ESTC ; Mode of access: Internet. ; John C. Hirsh; Burns Library copy: gift of Dr. John C. Hirsh in memory of his father, Dr. Edward L. Hirsh, professor of English at Boston College. ; Burns Library copy: in ms. on front pastedowns: John Stanley, 1797. ; Burns Library copy: bound in contemporary calf; gold-tooled spines; red morocco title labels with black vol. number ovals.

Accompanied by "Supplement." (3 v. illus., plates, maps, tables, diagrs. 28 cm.) Published: 1803. ; Vol. 1-12 of the English edition edited by C. Macfarquhar; v. 13-18, by G. Gleig. Dedication of the American edition signed: Thomas Dobson. ; First American from the third English edition of the Encyclopaedia britannica (Edinburgh, 1797). "Some articles have been written anew, several of original matter have been inserted, and many have been revised and important improvements made in them."--Pref. ; Mode of access: Internet.